Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg and Dag Einar Thorsen.
Basingstoke
Palgrave Macmillan
2013
PART I: ORIGINS --;2. The Birth of the Social Democratic Movement (1848-1916) --;3. Towards a Nordic Model (1916-1940) --;4. Planning the Welfare State (1940-1970) --;PART II: SOCIAL DEMOCRACY AND THE NORDIC MODEL --;5. The Nordic Model in a Global Economy --;6. The Welfare State: The Good Life or Dependency? --;7. A Better and More Organized World --;PART III: IS THE NORDIC MODEL SUSTAINABLE? --;8. Economic Growth and Environmental Protection --;9. The Sustainability of the Welfare State --;10. Liberty, Empowerment, and Community --;PART IV: CONCLUSION --;11. Concluding Essay: The Power of Politics.
Social Democracy has long been prominent in Nordic politics through the dominant parties and ideological hegemony of the centre-left. This book explores the growth of social democracy and the policy dilemmas that social democrats face today. It breaks new ground by relating recent literature on social democracy in Europe to Scandinavia.
Political ideologies -- Northern Europe, Scandinavia.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Ideologies -- Communism & Socialism.
Socialism -- Scandinavia.
HX318
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5
N553
2013
Nik Brandal, Øivind Bratberg and Dag Einar Thorsen.