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Allan Carlson is president of The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society and Distinguished Fellow in Family Policy at the Family Research Council. His books includeThe Swedish Experiment in Family Politics: The Myrdals and the Interwar Population Crisis andFractured Generations: Crafting a Family Policy for Twenty-First Century America, both available from Transaction.
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Carlson, A. Sweden and the failure of European family policy. Soc 42, 41–46 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02687514
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