Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries

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List of Tables List of Figures Notes on Contributors Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations and Acronyms Social Policy and Economic Development in the Nordic Countries: An Introduction O.Kangas & J.Palme Coming Late - Catching Up: The Formation of a Nordic Model O.Kangas & J.Palme Voluntary State-Subsidized Social Insurance in the Advanced Industrialized World Since the 1890s: The Nordic Experience in Comparative Perspective E.Carroll Empowering Social Policy: The Role of Social Care Services in Modern Welfare States A.Anttonen Family Policy and Cross-National Patterns of Poverty T.Ferrarini & K.Forssen Education and Equal Life-Chances: Investing in Children G.Esping-Andersen Fighting Health and Income: One Important Road to Welfare and Development J.Fritzell & O.Lundberg Does the Welfare State Harm Economic Growth? Sweden as a Strategic Test Case W.Korpi Growth and Employment in the Nordic Welfare State in the 1990s: Crisis and Revival J.Kiander How to Maintain a Big Tax Welfare State? O.Sjoeberg The Nordic Model of the Information Society: The Finnish Case P.Himanen Does the Most Brilliant Future of the Nordic Model have to be in the Past? O.Kangas & J.Palme Index