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Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States
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Description for Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States
Hardcover. The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. Editor(s): Harslof, Ivan; Ulmestig, Rickard. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 black & white tables, 23 figures. BIC Classification: GPQD; JHBL; JKSB; JPB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health.
The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes and new social needs to attend to. This book explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
295
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781137267184
SKU
V9781137267184
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99-15
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Synøve Nygaard Andersen, Statistics Norway, Norway Malcolm P. Cutchin, University of North Carolina, US Uffe Enokson, Linnaeus University, Sweden Ariana Guilherme Fernandes, University of Gothenburg, Sweden Mia Hakovirta, University of Turku, Finland Susan Kuivalainen, National Institute for Health and Welfare in Helsinki, Finland Christian Albrekt Larsen, Aalborg University, Denmark Kristian Larsen, Oslo and Akershus University College, Norway Alexandru Panican, Lund ... Read more
Reviews for Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States
"Ivan Harslof and Rickard Ulmestig have compiled an excellent collection of studies that take a hard look at how different Nordic countries respond to changing social risks. This book brings a corrective lens to bear on policies related to market oriented management techniques, activation, privatization, decentralization, working-time regulations, support of lone parents, and assimilation of newly arrived immigrants. As such ... Read more