State and Civil Society in Northern Europe : : The Swedish Model Reconsidered / / ed. by Lars Trägårdh.
In the current neo-liberal political and economic climate, it is often suggested that a large and strong state stands in opposition to an autonomous and vibrant civil society. However, the simultaneous presence in Sweden of both a famously large public sector and an unusually vital civil society pos...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2007] ©2007 |
| Year of Publication: | 2007 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Studies on Civil Society ;
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (296 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES
- CONTRIBUTORS
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- EDITORS’ PREFACE
- INTRODUCTION
- Chapter 1 THE “CIVIL SOCIETY” DEBATE IN SWEDEN: THE WELFARE STATE CHALLENGED
- Chapter 2 CIVIL SOCIETY AND GLOBALIZATION: RETHINKING THE CATEGORIES
- Chapter 3 VOLUNTARY ASSOCIATION INVOLVEMENT IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE
- Chapter 4 CIVIC PARTICIPATION IN A SCANDINAVIAN WELFARE STATE: PATTERNS IN CONTEMPORARY SWEDEN
- Chapter 5 ASSOCIATIONAL LIFE, YOUTH, AND POLITICAL CAPITAL FORMATION IN SWEDEN: HISTORICAL LEGACIES AND CONTEMPORARY TRENDS
- Chapter 6 MORE CENTRALIZATION, LESS DEMOCRACY: THE DECLINE OF THE DEMOCRATIC INFRASTRUCTURE IN NORWAY
- Chapter 7 THE STATE AND CIVIL SOCIETY IN A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: THE SWEDISH CASE
- Chapter 8 DEMOCRATIC GOVERNANCE AND THE CREATION OF SOCIAL CAPITAL IN SWEDEN: THE DISCREET CHARM OF GOVERNMENTAL COMMISSIONS
- INDEX