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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465655703321

Autore

Andersson Jenny

Titolo

Between growth and security [[electronic resource] ] : Swedish social democracy from a strong society to a third way / / Jenny Andersson ; translated by Mireille L. Key

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Manchester, : Manchester University Press, 2006

ISBN

1-78170-127-X

1-84779-200-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (160 p.)

Collana

Critical labour movement studies

Altri autori (Persone)

KeyMireille L

Disciplina

320.5315

330.12609485

Soggetti

Socialism - Sweden

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Between growth and security; 2 A productive investment: social policy in the strong society; 3 The social cost of growth; 4 Social policy for security; 5 The cost of security; 6 Can we afford security? Social policy in the third way; 7 Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W

Sommario/riassunto

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