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Sweden's Crumbling Welfare State
Author(s) -
Häggman Bertil
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1984.tb01045.x
Subject(s) - welfare state , social democracy , welfare , democracy , state (computer science) , political science , social welfare , political economy , economics , sociology , law , politics , mathematics , algorithm
The ‘Social Democracy’ of Sweden is commonly offered as a model for Europe and the West. Four Swedish authors combine to demonstrate the accelerating failure of the Swedish welfare state and the disillusion revealed by former adherents and advocates in Swedish industry and academia.