Changing Social Risks and Social Policy Responses in the Nordic Welfare States (Hardcover, New)

The Nordic welfare states have found themselves in the firing line of post-industrial developments, resulting in fundamental changes in societal institutions at all levels. In particular, changes in the labour market and family, reinforced by processes of migration and international market integration, have presented the welfare states with new social needs to attend to. This book critically explores responses to changing social risks across areas such as structural unemployment, entrepreneurship, immigration, single parenthood, education and health. It explores critical changes in the structure of the Nordic welfare states and the social policy strategies for alleviating social risks. While the Nordic countries are shining in most international comparisons, such changes and their wider implications have often been overlooked in the literature. The book raises the question whether certain risks are even being evoked actively through new social policies instating incentive structures concomitant with policy goals in order to encourage certain behaviour among citizens.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	October 2013
First published:	October 2013
Editors:	I. Harslof • R. Ulmestig
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	295
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-137-26718-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Comparative politics Books > Reference & Interdisciplinary > Communication studies > Decision theory > Risk assessment Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Work & labour Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems
LSN:	1-137-26718-6
Barcode:	9781137267184

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