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Table of contents (18 chapters)
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Approaching the Swedish Model
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Security and Control
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Public Health
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'For many of us Sweden is the iconic social democratic welfare state. But this fascinating collection of essays from the University of Gothenberg, covering a wide range of aspects of contemporary Sweden, helps us to understand that the Swedish welfare state is certainly reconfiguring and may well be transforming'. - Jonathan Bradshaw, Professor at the Social Policy Research Unit, University of York, UK
'The plural in the title signals the break between this book and many others on the topic. Typically seen in monolithic terms, the Swedish Welfare State is invariably regarded as either a continuing marvel or in the 'neoliberal fairytale' alluded to in the Introduction as ineluctably broken. But what if a mix of social engineering by experts and public-private partnerships as much as central governmental administration by design was always intrinsic to the Swedish welfare state? Rather than state versus market versus civil society, the detailed chapters in this volume point to a variety of ways in which human welfare continues to be regarded as a collective political engagement in Sweden even as an emphasis on 'responsibility' represents a renegotiation of the old social contract.' - John Agnew, Professor in the Department of Geography, UCLA, USA
'This collective project of a new generation, the most circumspect and theoretically engaged attempt at grasping contemporary Sweden, is also a manifestation of the continuing vitality of the Sociology Departmentat Gothenburg University.' - Göran Therborn, Chair and Professor of Sociology, University of Cambridge, UK
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Book Title: Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State
Book Subtitle: From Social Engineering to Governance?
Editors: Bengt Larsson, Martin Letell, Håkan Thörn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230363953
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social Sciences Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2012
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-29341-0Published: 25 January 2012
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-33285-4Published: 25 January 2012
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-36395-3Published: 25 January 2012
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 322
Topics: Public Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Policy, Political Science, Social Care, Urban Studies/Sociology