Nordic social policy: changing welfare states

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
List of figures......Page 8
List of tables......Page 11
List of contributors......Page 14
Acknowledgements......Page 18
Introduction: the Nordic welfare states in the 1990s MIKKO KAUTTO, MATTI HEIKKIL, BJRN HVINDEN, STAFFAN MARKLUND AND NIELS PLOUG......Page 20
Economic problems, welfare convergence and political instability STAFFAN MARKLUND AND ANDERS NORDLUND......Page 38
Changes in age structure, family stability and dependency MIKKO KAUTTO......Page 73
Cuts in and reform of the Nordic cash benefit systems NIELS PLOUG......Page 98
Universal public social care and health services? JUHANI LEHTO, NINA MOSS AND TINE ROSTGAARD......Page 123
Activation policies in the Nordic countries JON ANDERS DRPPING, BJRN HVINDEN AND KIRSTEN VIK......Page 152
Changes in the social patterning of living conditions JOHAN FRITZELL......Page 178
Poverty and social exclusion in the Nordic countries BJRN HALLERD AND MATTI HEIKKIL......Page 204
The distribution of income in the Nordic countries:changes and causes BJRN GUSTAFSSON, ROLF AABERGE, DNE CAPPELEN, PEDER J. PEDERSEN, NINA SMITH AND HANNU UUSITALO......Page 234
The legitimacy of the Nordic welfare states: trends, variations and cleavages JRGEN GOUL ANDERSEN, PER ARNT PETTERSEN, STEFAN SVALLFORS AND HANNU UUSITALO......Page 254
Conclusion: The Nordic model stands stable but on shaky ground MATTI HEIKKIL, BJRN HVINDEN, MIKKO KAUTTO, STAFFAN MARKLUND AND NIELS PLOUG......Page 281
References......Page 294
Index......Page 316