The Disabling State of an Active Society

Mikael Holmqvist is Associate Professor in the School of Business at Stockholm University. He previously taught at Uppsala University and has been Visiting Fellow at Stanford and Cornell Universities. He is the author of two previous monographs in English, most recently The Institutionalization of Social Welfare (2008), and numerous articles and book chapters.

Contents: Preface; Introduction; Samhall: a popular activation program; Identifying the needy; Entering Samhall; Preparatory examinations; Finding the client the right place; Developing teamwork; Structuring behavior; Specializing behavior; Motivating managers; Sheltering from reality's complexity; Developing in a disabled world; Exiting as 'non-disabled'; Lock-in as disabled; Good intentions, misunderstood results?; The disabling state of an active society; Appendix; Bibliography; Index.