Modern Welfare States: Scandinavian Politics and Policy in the Global Age

Table of contents

• Modern Welfare States i
• Title Page iii
• Contents v
• Illustrations vii
• Preface: Scandinavia in the Era of Globalization ix
• Acknowledgments xv
• Abbreviations and Acronyms xvii
• Part I - Understanding Scandinavian Politics 1
• Chapter 1 - Still the Social Laboratory? 3
• Chapter 2 - The Perils of Success 15
• Part II - Scandinavian Democracy Today 35
• Chapter 3 - Is There a Scandinavian Democratic Model? 37
• Chapter 4 - Institutions of Democracy 53
• Chapter 5 - Political Actors: Parties, Voters, Interest Groups 93
• Part III - Scandinavian Welfare States 145
• Chapter 6 - The Politics of Solidarity 147
• Chapter 7 - Policy in an Interdependent World 163
• Chapter 8 - The Social Welfare State 191
• Chapter 9 - Managing the Market Economy 219
• Chapter 10 - From Industrial Conflict to Workplace Democracy 259
• Part IV - The Model Appraised 303
• Chapter 11 - Scandinavian Welfare States and Their Critics 305
• Chapter 12 - The Future of the Scandinavian Model 325
• Part V - Appendixes 351
• Appendix A - Popular Vote in Scandinavian Parliamentary Elections 353
• Appendix B - Distribution of Parliamentary Seats 360
• Appendix C - Governing Parties and Coalitions 366
• Appendix D - Elections to the European Parliament, 1979–99 376
• References 379
• Index 395
• About the Authors 405

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