The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State
Berghahn Books (Verlag)
978-1-78920-124-6 (ISBN)
In discussions of economics, governance, and society in the Nordic countries, “the welfare state” is a well-worn analytical concept. However, there has been much less scholarly energy devoted to historicizing this idea beyond its postwar emergence. In this volume, specialists from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland chronicle the historical trajectory of “the welfare state,” tracing the variable ways in which it has been interpreted, valued, and challenged over time. Each case study generates valuable historical insights into not only the history of Northern Europe, but also the welfare state itself as both a phenomenon and a concept.
Nils Edling is a professor of history and work as a teacher and researcher in the History department at Stockholm University. His current research is on the conceptual history of the Swedish welfare state. He has previously studied the emergence of unemployment as a social problem in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and he has been active in different Nordic welfare history research networks since the 1990s.
List of Figures
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Nils Edling
Chapter 1. Multiple Welfare States – Histories of a Keyword
Nils Edling
Chapter 2. The Languages of Welfare in Sweden
Nils Edling
Chapter 3. The Concept of ‘Welfare State’ in Danish Public and Political Debates|
Jørn Henrik Petersen and Klaus Petersen
Chapter 4. The Winding Road of the Norwegian ‘Welfare State’
Per Haave
Chapter 5. The Conceptual History of Welfare State in Finland
Pauli Kettunen
Chapter 6. The Evolving Concept of the Welfare State in Icelandic Politics
Guðmundur Jónsson
Conclusion
Nils Edling
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.08.2019 |
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| Verlagsort | Oxford |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918) |
| Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Wirtschaftsgeschichte | |
| Wirtschaft ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre ► Wirtschaftspolitik | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78920-124-1 / 1789201241 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78920-124-6 / 9781789201246 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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