Between growth and security : Swedish Social Democracy from a Strong Society to a Third Way.
The notion of social policy as a productive investment and a prerequisite for economic growth became a core feature in the ideology of Swedish social democracy, and a central component of the universalism of the Swedish welfare state. However as the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) embarked on...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Swedish |
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Manchester :
Manchester University Press,
2006.
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Colección: | Critical labour movement studies series.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | The notion of social policy as a productive investment and a prerequisite for economic growth became a core feature in the ideology of Swedish social democracy, and a central component of the universalism of the Swedish welfare state. However as the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) embarked on its Third Way in 1981, this outlook on social policy as a productive investment was replaced by the identification of social policy as a cost and a burden for growth. This book discusses the components of this ideological turnaround from Swedish social democracy?s post-war notion of a strong society. |
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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (160 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9781847792006 1847792006 9781781701270 178170127X 1847796664 9781847796660 |