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Transformations of the Swedish welfare state [electronic resource] : from social engineering to governance? / edited by Bengt Larsson, University of Gothenburg Sweden, Martin Letell, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, and Håkan Thörn, University of Gothenburg, Sweden.

In the early 1990s, a centre-right government declared that they would implement a 'system shift' in Sweden, often perceived as a 'model country' in the context of welfare policy discourse. The neoliberal ideology inspiring this shift had already influenced the Social Democratic...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Larsson, Bengt, 1966-, Letell, Martin, Thörn, Håkan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.
Subjects:
Sweden > Social policy.
Welfare state > Sweden.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
Sweden.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations
  • Acknowledgements
  • Notes on Contributors
  • PART I: APPROACHING THE SWEDISH MODEL
  • Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: Social Engineering, Governance and Governmentality ₆ An Introduction; B. Larsson, M. Letell & H. Tẖrn
  • Pathways of the Welfare State: Growth and Democracy; M. Peterson
  • PART II: SECURITY AND CONTROL
  • The Swedish 'Welfare-Warfare Nexus' and the New Security Architecture; H. Glimell
  • Governing Unruly Technology: Swedish Politicians and Nuclear Power; G. Sundqvist
  • Social Policy Reforms in Sweden: New Perspectives on Rights and Obligations; U. Bj̲rnberg
  • Labour Market Policies in Transition: From Social Engineering to stand-by-ability; M. Bengtsson & T. Berglund
  • Decentring Economic Regulation and Control: Reinforcing Trust through Self-regulation; B. Larsson & O. Engdahl
  • Criminal Records: Governing Symbols; C. Backman
  • PART III: PUBLIC HEALTH
  • The Advanced Liberal Logic of Nicotine Replacement and the Swedish Invention of Smoking as Addiction; M. Elam and A. Gunnarsson
  • From Medicine by Wire to Governing Wireless: Changing Geographies of Healthcare; J. Petersson
  • Governance of End of Life: The Case of Sweden; N. Machado
  • Governing by Drugs: The Denial of Subsidy for Viagra Use in Sweden; E. Sj̲gren & E. Johnson
  • PART IV: THE CITY
  • Governing Movements in Urban Space; H. Tẖrn
  • From the Lonely Homophile in the Darkness to Rainbow Families in the Streets ₆ A Story of Liberation?; C. Wasshede
  • Real Estate Ownership Concentration and Urban Governance; M. Landzelius
  • Homelessness as Politics and Market; C.Ḻfstrand
  • Conclusions: Re-engineering the Swedish Welfare State; H. Tẖrn & B. Larsson
  • Epilogue: Social Change, Scholarly Change, and Scholarly Continuity; G. Therborn
  • References.

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