The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State

Histories of a Key Concept in the Nordic Countries
1. Auflage 2019
ISBN: 978-1-78920-124-6
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, 352 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 661 g

In discussions of economics, governance, and society in the Nordic countries, “the welfare state” is a well-worn analytical concept. However, there has been much less scholarly energy devoted to historicizing this idea beyond its postwar emergence. In this volume, specialists from Denmark, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and Iceland chronicle the historical trajectory of “the welfare state,” tracing the variable ways in which it has been interpreted, valued, and challenged over time. Each case study generates valuable historical insights into not only the history of Northern Europe, but also the welfare state itself as both a phenomenon and a concept.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Edling, Nils

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wohlfahrtsökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of Figures

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Nils Edling

Chapter 1. Multiple Welfare States – Histories of a Keyword                                            

Nils Edling

Chapter 2. The Languages of Welfare in Sweden

Nils Edling

Chapter 3. The Concept of ‘Welfare State’ in Danish Public and Political Debates

Jørn Henrik Petersen and Klaus Petersen

Chapter 4. The Winding Road of the Norwegian ‘Welfare State’

Per Haave

Chapter 5. The Conceptual History of Welfare State in Finland

Pauli Kettunen

Chapter 6. The Evolving Concept of the Welfare State in Icelandic Politics

Guðmundur Jónsson

Conclusion

Nils Edling

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Edling, Nils
Nils Edling is a lecturer and researcher in the History department at Stockholm University. His current research is on the conceptual history of the Swedish welfare state. He has previously studied the emergence of unemployment as a social problem in Denmark, Norway and Sweden and he has been active in different Nordic welfare history research networks since the 1990s.