Conventional thinking about the 1938 Basic Agreement at Saltsjöbaden between organized labor and capital in Sweden holds that it was one of the consequences of a shift in the balance of power between workers and employers to the latter's disadvantage. But detailed archival evidence and analysis...

In his 2006 World Politics article, “Power Resources and Employer-Centered Approaches,” Walter Korpi challenges Peter Swenson's work on business and the politics of the welfare state as “deeply flawed.” This response to Korpi's article counters with the criticism that he neglects to...