Crisis, miracles, and beyond : negotiated adaptation of the Danish welfare state /

How did Denmark avoid a macroeconomic catastrophe in the 1980s and 1990s and still manage not only to maintain but also expand its welfare state? Critics of the welfare state identified the vices behind Denmark's macroeconomic troubles as its enormous, thoroughly unionized, and unresponsive pub...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Albæk, Erik
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Aarhus : Oakville, CT : Aarhus University Press ; David Brown Book Co. [distributor], ©2008.
Temas:
Since 1945
Public welfare > Denmark.
Aide sociale > Danemark.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
Economic history
Economic policy
Public welfare
Social policy
Denmark > Economic policy.
Denmark > Economic conditions > 1945-
Denmark > Social policy.
Danemark > Conditions économiques > 1945-
Denmark
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:How did Denmark avoid a macroeconomic catastrophe in the 1980s and 1990s and still manage not only to maintain but also expand its welfare state? Critics of the welfare state identified the vices behind Denmark's macroeconomic troubles as its enormous, thoroughly unionized, and unresponsive public sector combined with the large numbers of people who relied on the welfare state for their livelihood and thus made programmatic cuts politically difficult. Taxes for this welfare state compressed investment, eroding both fiscal and current account balances. Yet by the mid-1990s, public support for t.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (306 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9788779346772
8779346774

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