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Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries

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  • © 2005

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Editors:
  1. Olli Kangas

    1. Danish National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark

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  2. Joakim Palme

    1. Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden

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Part of the book series: Social Policy in a Development Context (SPDC)

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xx
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  2. Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction

    • Olli Kangas, Joakim Palme
    Pages 1-16

  3. Coming Late — Catching Up: The Formation of a ‘Nordic Model’

    • Olli Kangas, Joakim Palme
    Pages 17-59

  4. Voluntary State-Subsidized Social Insurance in the Advanced Industrialized World since the 1890s: The Nordic Experience in Comparative Perspective

    • Eero Carroll
    Pages 60-87

  5. Empowering Social Policy: The Role of Social Care Services in Modern Welfare States

    • Anneli Anttonen
    Pages 88-117

  6. Family Policy and Cross-National Patterns of Poverty

    • Tommy Ferrarini, Katja Forssén
    Pages 118-146

  7. Education and Equal Life-Chances: Investing in Children

    • Gøsta Esping-Andersen
    Pages 147-163

  8. Fighting Inequalities in Health and Income: One Important Road to Welfare and Social Development

    • Johan Fritzell, Olle Lundberg
    Pages 164-185

  9. Does the Welfare State Harm Economic Growth? Sweden as a Strategic Test Case

    • Walter Korpi
    Pages 186-209

  10. Growth and Employment in the ‘Nordic Welfare States’ in the 1990s: a Tale of Crisis and Revival

    • Jaakko Kiander
    Pages 210-240

  11. Financing ‘Big-Tax’ Welfare States: Sweden During Crisis and Recovery

    • Ola Sjöberg
    Pages 241-264

  12. The Nordic Model of the Information Society: The Finnish Case

    • Pekka Himanen
    Pages 265-280

  13. Does the Most Brilliant Future of the ‘Nordic Model’ Have to be in the Past?

    • Olli Kangas, Joakim Palme
    Pages 281-298

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 299-326
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About this book

This volume examines the relationship between Nordic social policy and economic development from a comparative perspective. It identifies the driving forces behind the development of the Nordic welfare model and the problems and dilemmas the model is facing at present. The book also traces the link between democratization and social policy, drawing attention to the role of the state and non-governmental organizations. Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries examines Nordic social policies on unemployment, social care, family, education and health care policies, and reviews future challenges of the welfare state in the information society.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Danish National Institute for Social Research, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Olli Kangas

  • Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden

    Joakim Palme

About the editors

ANNELI ANTTONEN Professor of Social Policy, University of Tampere, Finland EERO CARROLL Research Fellow, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden GÖSTA ESPING-ANDERSON Professor of Sociology, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, Spain TOMMY FERRARINI Assistant Professor and Deputy Director, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden KATJA FORSSÉN Professor of Social Work, University of Turku, Finland JOHAN FRITZELL Professor of Sociology, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden PEKKA HIMANEN Helsinki Institute for Information Technology, Finland JAAKKO KIANDER Research Director, Government Institute for Economic Research (VATT), Finland WALTER KORPI Professor of Social Policy, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden OLLE LUNDBERG Professor of Health Equity Studies and Co-Director, Centre for Health Equity Studies, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet, Sweden OLA SJÖBERG Assistant Professor, Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden

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