Developments in Swedish Social Policy: Resisting Dionysus

by Arthur Gould

For many decades, Sweden was seen as a model welfare state. Only with the onset of economic problems in the 1990s have successive governments felt compelled to curb social spending and abandon the goal of full employment. This book is about the changes introduced and the political, institutional and cultural resistance they encountered. Detailed accounts of changes to welfare services and benefits are included alongside specialist chapters devoted...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0333774507
• ISBN13: 9780333774502
• Release Date: May 2001
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 225 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.7" x 8.8"