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The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State

Hardcover • 2019 • 1. edition

The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State

By Nils Edling

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About the book

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 ge...Show more

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9781789201246

Publisher

Berghahn Books

Published year

2019

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1

Original title

The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State

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Hardcover

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