Overview
- Providing empirical answers on how to achieve a good society
- Highly relevant comparative study in political economy and welfare studies
- Bringing together work from economists and political scientists ?
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (12 chapters)
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The Quality of Life in Two Different Good Societies: Denmark and Switzerland
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Two Models of Good Societies
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Challenges for the Two Good Societies
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Authors and Affiliations
About the authors
Henrik Christoffersen is an associate external Professor in economics at the University of Copenhagen and Director of research at the Copenhagen Center for Political Studies, Cepos.
Michelle Beyeler is a senior researcher and lecturer at the Political Science Department of the Universities of Bern and Zurich. She is a political scientist and her research covers various topics such as comparative welfare state analysis, gender and politics, comparative political economy, and political protest.
Reiner Eichenberger is Professor at the University of Fribourg for Public Finance and Economic Policy since 1998. He got his doctorate (1991) and habilitation (1998) at the University of Zurich. He specializes in Political Economy and Institutional Innovations, and is a co-editor of Kyklos. He published more than 100 academic articles and a large number of contributions in outlets for the general public.
Peter Nannestad is Professor of Public Policy at the Department of Political Science at Aarhaus University since 1991.
Martin Paldam is Professor of Economics at the Department of Economics and Business at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: The Good Society
Book Subtitle: A Comparative Study of Denmark and Switzerland
Authors: Henrik Christoffersen, Michelle Beyeler, Reiner Eichenberger, Peter Nannestad, Martin Paldam
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37238-4
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-642-37237-7Published: 11 December 2013
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-662-51293-7Published: 03 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-37238-4Published: 26 November 2013
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 327
Number of Illustrations: 67 b/w illustrations
Topics: Public Economics, International Political Economy, Quality of Life Research