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1 online resource |
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List of Figures, Tables, and Illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- Notes on Contributors -- PART I: APPROACHING THE SWEDISH MODEL -- Transformations of the Swedish Welfare State: Social Engineering, Governance and Governmentality ₆ An Introduction; B. Larsson, M. Letell & H. Tẖrn -- Pathways of the Welfare State: Growth and Democracy; M. Peterson -- PART II: SECURITY AND CONTROL -- The Swedish 'Welfare-Warfare Nexus' and the New Security Architecture; H. Glimell -- Governing Unruly Technology: Swedish Politicians and Nuclear Power; G. Sundqvist -- Social Policy Reforms in Sweden: New Perspectives on Rights and Obligations; U. Bj̲rnberg -- Labour Market Policies in Transition: From Social Engineering to stand-by-ability; M. Bengtsson & T. Berglund -- Decentring Economic Regulation and Control: Reinforcing Trust through Self-regulation; B. Larsson & O. Engdahl -- Criminal Records: Governing Symbols; C. Backman -- PART III: PUBLIC HEALTH -- The Advanced Liberal Logic of Nicotine Replacement and the Swedish Invention of Smoking as Addiction; M. Elam and A. Gunnarsson -- From Medicine by Wire to Governing Wireless: Changing Geographies of Healthcare; J. Petersson -- Governance of End of Life: The Case of Sweden; N. Machado -- Governing by Drugs: The Denial of Subsidy for Viagra Use in Sweden; E. Sj̲gren & E. Johnson -- PART IV: THE CITY -- Governing Movements in Urban Space; H. Tẖrn -- From the Lonely Homophile in the Darkness to Rainbow Families in the Streets ₆ A Story of Liberation?; C. Wasshede -- Real Estate Ownership Concentration and Urban Governance; M. Landzelius -- Homelessness as Politics and Market; C.Ḻfstrand -- Conclusions: Re-engineering the Swedish Welfare State; H. Tẖrn & B. Larsson -- Epilogue: Social Change, Scholarly Change, and Scholarly Continuity; G. Therborn -- References |
| Summary |
In the early 1990s, a centre-right government declared that they would implement a 'system shift' in Sweden, often perceived as a 'model country' in the context of welfare policy discourse. The neoliberal ideology inspiring this shift had already influenced the Social Democratic government's of the mid-1980s, in its attempts to find a way out of the economic problems of the 1970s. It was not until the 1990s, however, that an increasing number of social spheres, and a substantial part of the population, started to become seriously affected by the cutbacks in the public sector and the re-organization of the welfare system. Using an analytical framework based on Michel Foucault'sconcept of governmentality, this volume contributes unique case studies of the ongoing transformations of the Swedish welfare state. Contributors with long research experience in their respective fields take a close look at what kind of changes have taken place, what their rationalities were, and what the effects have been |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Welfare state -- Sweden
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- Urban.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Social policy
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Welfare state
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Välfärdsstaten -- Sverige.
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Social ingenjörskonst -- Sverige.
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Socialpolitik -- Sverige.
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Politics and Government.
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| SUBJECT |
Sweden -- Social policy
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Sweden
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Larsson, Bengt, 1966-
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Letell, Martin
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Thörn, Håkan
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| ISBN |
9780230363953 |
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0230363954 |
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1283440148 |
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9781283440141 |
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