The Danish Welfare State: A Sociological Investigation

Front Matter....Pages i-viii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Is Risk Transforming the Danish Welfare State?....Pages 3-21
Front Matter....Pages 23-23
Denmark from an International Perspective....Pages 25-39
Social Investment as Risk Management....Pages 41-55
Employment Relations, Flexicurity, and Risk: Explaining the Risk Profile of the Danish Flexicurity Model....Pages 57-71
Precarity and Public Risk Management: Trends in Denmark across Four Decades....Pages 73-87
Toward a New Culture of Blame?....Pages 89-105
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
When Family Life Is Risky Business—Immigrant Divorce in the Women-Friendly Welfare State....Pages 109-123
The Risky Business of Educational Choice in the Meritocratic Society....Pages 125-138
Health in a Risk Perspective: The Case of Overweight....Pages 139-152
Failing Ageing? Risk Management in the Active Ageing Society....Pages 153-168
Front Matter....Pages 169-169
Controlling Young People Through Treatment and Punishment....Pages 171-184
Alcohol and Risk Management in a Welfare State....Pages 185-199
The Tough and the Brittle: Calculating and Managing the Risk of Refugees....Pages 201-215
Cash Benefit Recipients—Vulnerable or Villains?....Pages 217-231
Front Matter....Pages 233-233
Risk Dynamics and Risk Management in the Danish Welfare State....Pages 235-249
Back Matter....Pages 251-269