Modern welfare states : Scandinavian politics and policy in the global age / Eric S. Einhorn and John Logue.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Einhorn, Eric S.

Contributor:

Logue, John, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Welfare state.

Scandinavia--Politics and government--1945-.

Scandinavia.

Politics and government.

Scandinavia--Social policy.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

xviii, 403 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.

Contents:

Preface: Scandinavia in the Era of Globalization ix

I. Understanding Scandinavian Politics 1

1. Still the Social Laboratory? 3

2. The Perils of Success 15

II. Scandinavian Democracy Today 35

3. Is There a Scandinavian Democratic Model? 37

4. Institutions of Democracy 53

5. Political Actors: Parties, Voters, Interest Groups 93

III. Scandinavian Welfare States 145

6. The Politics of Solidarity 147

7. Policy in an Interdependent World 163

8. The Social Welfare State 191

9. Managing the Market Economy 219

10. From Industrial Conflict to Workplace Democracy 259

IV. The Model Appraised 303

11. Scandinavian Welfare States and Their Critics 305

12. The Future of the Scandinavian Model 325

A. Popular Vote in Scandinavian Parliamentary Elections 353

B. Distribution of Parliamentary Seats 360

C. Governing Parties and Coalitions 366

D. Elections to the European Parliament, 1979-99 376.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [379]-394) and index.

ISBN:

0275950441

0275950581

OCLC:

50417349