LEADER 04197nam 22006495 450 001 9910298522603321 005 20200919195359.0 010 $a3-642-37238-4 024 7 $a10.1007/978-3-642-37238-4 035 $a(CKB)3710000000074776 035 $a(EBL)1591965 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001066612 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11691131 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001066612 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11067906 035 $a(PQKB)10318654 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591965 035 $a(DE-He213)978-3-642-37238-4 035 $a(PPN)176111670 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000074776 100 $a20131126d2014 u| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Good Society$b[electronic resource] $eA Comparative Study of Denmark and Switzerland /$fby Henrik Christoffersen, Michelle Beyeler, Reiner Eichenberger, Peter Nannestad, Martin Paldam 205 $a1st ed. 2014. 210 1$aBerlin, Heidelberg :$cSpringer Berlin Heidelberg :$cImprint: Springer,$d2014. 215 $a1 online resource (328 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a3-642-37237-6 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aPreface -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: The Quality of Life in Two Different Good Societies: Denmark and Switzerland -- 2 Two Wealthy Economies and Their Development -- 3 Are the Standards of Living Similar or Dissimilar?- 4 Happiness in Denmark and Switzerland.-  Part II: Two Models of Good Societies -- 5 Two Stylized Economic Models -- 6 Political Institutions and Politics -- 7 Civil Society -- 8 Two Variants of the Welfare State -- 9 Immigration.-  Part III: Challenges for the Two Good Societies -- 10  The Future of the Danish Welfare State -- 11 The Future of the Swiss Welfare State -- 12 Conclusion. 330 $aDenmark and Switzerland are small and successful countries with exceptionally content populations. However, they have very different political institutions and economic models. They have followed the general tendency in the West toward economic convergence, but both countries have managed to stay on top. They both have a strong liberal tradition, but otherwise their economic strategies are a welfare state model for Denmark and a safe haven model for Switzerland. The Danish welfare state is tax-based, while the expenditures for social welfare are insurance-based in Switzerland. The political institutions are a multiparty unicameral system in Denmark, and a permanent coalition system with many referenda and strong local government in Switzerland. Both approaches have managed to ensure smoothly working political power-sharing and economic systems that allocate resources in a fairly efficient way. To date, they have also managed to adapt the economies to changes in the external environment with a combination of stability and flexibility. 606 $aPublic finance 606 $aPolitical economy 606 $aQuality of life 606 $aPublic Economics$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W34000 606 $aInternational Political Economy$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/912140 606 $aQuality of Life Research$3https://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X23000 615 0$aPublic finance. 615 0$aPolitical economy. 615 0$aQuality of life. 615 14$aPublic Economics. 615 24$aInternational Political Economy. 615 24$aQuality of Life Research. 676 $a330.9489 700 $aChristoffersen$b Henrik$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut$01057995 702 $aBeyeler$b Michelle$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aEichenberger$b Reiner$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aNannestad$b Peter$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 702 $aPaldam$b Martin$4aut$4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910298522603321 996 $aThe Good Society$92496429 997 $aUNINA