Social Policy And Economic Development In The Nordic Countries

by Kangas, Olli; Palme, Joakim

• ISBN13: 9781403941633
• ISBN10: 1403941637
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-17
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Summary

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.

Author Biography

Olli Kangas is Professor of social policy at the University of Turku, Finland.

Joakim Palme is Director of the Institute for Futures Studies and Professor at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University, Sweden.

Table of Contents

List of Tables	vii
List of Figures	ix
Notes on the Contributors	xii
Foreword by Thandika Mkandawire	xv
Acknowledgements	xvii
List of Abbreviations and Acronyms	xix
1 Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction	1	(16)
Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme
2 Coming Late — Catching Up: The Formation of a 'Nordic Model'	17	(43)
Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme
3 Voluntary State-Subsidized Social Insurance in the Advanced Industrialized World since the 1890's: The Nordic Experience in Comparative Perspective	60	(28)
Eero Carroll
4 Empowering Social Policy: The Role of Social Care Services in Modern Welfare States	88	(30)
Anneli Anttonen
5 Family Policy and Cross-National Patterns of Poverty	118	(29)
Tommy Ferrarini and Katja Forssén
6 Education and Equal Life-Chances: Investing in Children	147	(17)
Gøsta Esping-Andersen
7 Fighting Inequalities in Health and Income: One Important Road to Welfare and Social Development	164	(22)
Johan Fritzell and Olle Lundberg
8 Does the Welfare State Harm Economic Growth? Sweden as a Strategic Test Case	186	(24)
Walter Korpi
9 Growth and Employment in the 'Nordic Welfare States' in the 1990's: a Tale of Crisis and Revival	210	(31)
Jaakko Kiander
10 Financing 'Big-Tax' Welfare States: Sweden During Crisis and Recovery	241	(24)
Ola Sjöberg
11 The Nordic Model of the Information Society: The Finnish Case	265	(16)
Pekka Himanen
12 Does the Most Brilliant Future of the 'Nordic Model' Have to be in the Past?	281	(18)
Olli Kangas and Joakim Palme
Index	299