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Restructuring the Welfare State

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  • Virpi Timonen

Abstract

What happens to extensive and generous welfare states when they are faced with serious economic crisis and the effects of globalization? This thorough analysis of the processes of social policy restructuring in two Nordic welfare states endeavours to answer this and other questions related to their survival in a world of intensifying global competition.

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  • Virpi Timonen, 2003. "Restructuring the Welfare State," Books, Edward Elgar Publishing, number 2851.
    • Handle: RePEc:elg:eebook:2851
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    1. Fleckenstein, Timo & Lee, Soohyun Christine, 2017. "The politics of labor market reform in coordinated welfare capitalism: comparing Sweden, Germany, and South Korea," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 68210, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
    2. Johannes Hagen, 2017. "Pension principles in the Swedish pension system," Scandinavian Economic History Review, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 65(1), pages 28-51, January.
    3. Yong Soo Park, 2005. "The Decline of the Welfare State?," International Area Studies Review, Center for International Area Studies, Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, vol. 8(2), pages 107-134, June.
    4. Sami Outinen, 2012. "Labour market activation in Finland in the 1990s: Workfare reforms and labour market flexibilisation," Local Economy, London South Bank University, vol. 27(5-6), pages 629-636, August.
    5. Vania Ceccato & Robert Haining, 2005. "Assessing the Geography of Vandalism: Evidence from a Swedish City," Urban Studies, Urban Studies Journal Limited, vol. 42(9), pages 1637-1656, August.
    6. Charles Conteh, 2013. "Changing Trends in Regional Economic Development Policy Governance: The Case of Northern Ontario, Canada," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Wiley Blackwell, vol. 37(4), pages 1419-1437, July.

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    Keywords

    Economics and Finance; Social Policy and Sociology;

    JEL classification:

    • D6 - Microeconomics - - Welfare Economics
    • I3 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Welfare, Well-Being, and Poverty

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