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A programme for family security in Sweden
Author(s) -
MYRDAL Alva
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
international labour review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.433
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1564-913X
pISSN - 0020-7780
DOI - 10.1111/j.1564-913x.2013.00160.x
Subject(s) - economic growth , population , policy development , political science , security policy , sociology , economics , economic policy , development economics , public administration , demography , computer security , computer science
In addition to its prescient economic policy in the early 1930s, Sweden is notable for the policy of family support it adopted. Alva Myrdal – who was later awarded the Nobel Peace Prize – was closely associated with the development of a population policy in Sweden. In the article reproduced here, she explains the particular concerns in Sweden and the nature of the policy recommended and applied. [more]