Restructuring the Welfare State: Globalization and Social Policy Reform in Finland and SwedenEdward Elgar Publishing, 2003 M01 1 - 222 pages "Virpi Timonen investigates both the changes that have taken place in central social policies in the areas of pensions, unemployment policies, social and health servcies, and the political and structural reasons for the pattern of policy change that |
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2 Theories of welfare state development and restructuring | 19 |
what triggered welfare state restructuring? | 39 |
diversification of unemployment benefits in Finland and Sweden | 84 |
movement away from the service state? | 110 |
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active labour market actors Affairs and Health Akava ALMPs argued basic benefits of last cent central organizations Centre party centre-right government changes Chapter child benefits countries cutbacks cuts earnings-related benefits earnings-related unemployment benefits Eduskunta employee contributions exposed sector financing Finland and Sweden Finnish and Swedish funding globalization Göran Persson groups Hallituksen esitys Eduskunnalle health services Helsinki high unemployment housing benefits important income increased Ingvar Carlsson instance institutional welfare Korpi labour market labour market policies left-wing parties means-tested benefits Ministry of Social muuttamisesta national pensions Nordic OECD path dependence pension reform pension system Pierson policy-making political population power resources private sector programmes public sector public service sector recession SACO SAK members SAP Politisk redovisning sector unions sector workers share Social Affairs social and health social assistance social policy social security Stockholm structures Swedish pension Swedish welfare trade unions universal benefits Valtioneuvoston wage welfare state restructuring