Efterkrigsprogrammet, planhushållningen och välfärdsstaten : En studie av efterkrigsprogrammets förankring i arbetarrörelsen på lokal nivå, Skara 1945–1955

Sammanfattning: The post-war programme of the labour movement was developed in 1944 and presented at the Congress of the Social Democratic Workers' Party in the same year. The programme had an impact on policy at the central level in the post-war period. Some fundamental reversals from previous Social Democratic Party programs, such as the view of private property rights, made an impact in Swedish welfare building. The economic efficiency and allocation of resources came into focus and socialization was given a subordinate role. At the central and state level, the impact of the post-war programme was relatively clear, but the question then becomes whether the programme made any impact at the local level within the labour movement? That question is the basis for the purpose of my inquiry, how does the post-war programme ground the labour movement at the local level? By examining the protocols and annual reports of Skara's Labour movement 1945-1955, and by coding and categorisation on the basis of the three main areas of the post-war programme, which are divided into 27 points contained in the programme, I have found some overreassuring rhetorical approaches and political expressions of will. In general, the distribution issue can be seen as one of the most important goals for local labour movement. This includes demands for increased wages, discussions about industrial democracy, insurance for loss of income and working conditions in the workplace. Whether the labour movement's post-war programme has affected the local trade union movement in Skara, there may be divided opinions about. However, the empirical material can give indications that there is a rhetoric and a mindset that is consistent in many parts.