The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State : : Histories of a Key Concept in the Nordic Countries /

The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State : : Histories of a Key Concept in the Nordic Countries / / ed. by Nils Edling.

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In discussions of economics, governance, and society in the Nordic countries, “the welfare state” is a well-worn analytical concept. However, there has been much less scholarly energy devoted to historicizing this idea beyond its postwar emergence. In this volume, specialists from Denmark, Finland,...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Berghahn Books Complete eBook-Package 2019
MitwirkendeR:
Edling, Nils,
Haave, Per,
Jónsson, Guðmundur,
Kettunen, Pauli,
Petersen, Jørn Henrik,
Petersen, Klaus,
HerausgeberIn:
Edling, Nils,
Place / Publishing House:New York ;, Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • FIGURES
  • ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1 Multiple Welfare States – Histories of a Keyword
  • Chapter 2 The Languages of Welfare in Sweden
  • Chapter 3 The Concept of ‘Welfare State’ in Danish Public and Political Debates
  • Chapter 4 The Winding Road of the Norwegian ‘Welfare State’
  • Chapter 5 The Conceptual History of the Welfare State in Finland
  • Chapter 6 The Evolving Concept of the Welfare State in Icelandic Politics
  • CONCLUSION
  • INDEX

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