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Nordic welfare cities : negotiating urban citizenship since 1850 / edited by Magnus Linnarsson and Mats Hallenberg.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Routledge advances in urban history ; 17.
- Routledge advances in urban history ; 17
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Urbanization--Scandinavia--History.
- Urbanization.
- Urban policy--Scandinavia--History.
- Urban policy.
- Public welfare--Scandinavia--History.
- Public welfare.
- Municipal services--Scandinavia--History.
- Municipal services.
- Scandinavia--Social policy.
- Scandinavia.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (x, 228 pages) : illustrations, maps.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Routledge, 2024.
- Biography/History:
- Magnus Linnarsson is an associate professor of history at Stockholm University. His main research interest includes political history, focusing on institutional change, state formation and political conflicts. His latest book Problemet med vinster (2017) analyzes political conflicts about the organization of public services from the beginning of the seventeenth century until the 1990s. He currently leads a research project about welfare cities in the Nordic countries, c. 1870-1920. Mats Hallenberg is a professor of history at Stockholm University. His main research interest includes the political history of Sweden and Scandinavia from the early modern period up until the twentieth century. Published works address local administration in Sweden and Finland, the impact of tax farming, royal propaganda and military organization, as well as municipal conflicts over the organization of welfare services.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. London Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 29, 2024).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Nordic welfare cities
- ISBN:
- 9781003379232
- 1003379230
- 9781040041062
- 104004106X
- 9781040040980
- 1040040985
- Publisher Number:
- 40032415922
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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