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Restructuring the welfare state : globalization and social policy reform in Finland and Sweden / Virpi Timonen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Timonen, Virpi.
- Series:
- Globalization and welfare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- Finland--Social policy.
- Finland.
- Social policy.
- Welfare state--Finland.
- Sweden--Social policy.
- Sweden.
- Welfare state--Sweden.
- Globalization.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar, [2003]
- Contents:
- 1. The crisis of the welfare state
- yet again 1
- 2. Theories of welfare state development and restructuring 19
- 3. Globalization, Europeanization, or endogenous pressures: what triggered welfare state restructuring? 39
- 4. Political parties and interest groups 61
- 5. Power resources at work: diversification of unemployment benefits in Finland and Sweden 84
- 6. Restructuring of public health and social services: movement away from the service state? 110
- 7. Means-tested benefits and basic security: are institutional welfare states becoming less universalist and more residual? 144
- 8. Conclusion: In defence of the welfare state 183.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 194-214) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1843761246
- OCLC:
- 50898867
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