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Informationen zum Autor Jon Kvist is Professor of Comparative Social Policy at the University of Southern Denmark. Johan Fritzell is Professor of Sociology at CHESS, Stockholm University/Karolinska Institutet and Senior Researcher at the Institute for Futures Studies, Sweden. Bjørn Hvinden is Professor and Head of Research at the NOVA Institute, Oslo. Olli Kangas is Professor and Research Director at Kela - the Social Insurance Institution of Finland. Klappentext Taking a comparative perspective, this book casts new light on the changing inequalities in Europe. Zusammenfassung Taking a comparative perspective! this book casts new light on the changing inequalities in Europe. Inhaltsverzeichnis Equality and the Nordic welfare model: principles! pressures and perspectives ~ Jon Kvist! Johan Fritzell! Bjorn Hvinden and Olli Kangas; Anti-immigration attitudes! support for redistribution! and party choice in Europe ~ Henning Finseraas; Do we all (dis)like the same welfare state? Configurations of public support for the welfare state in comparative perspective ~ Mads Meier Jager; Eroding minimum income protection in the Nordic countries ~ Susan Kuivalainen and Kenneth Nelson; Equality in the social service state: Nordic childcare models in comparative perspective ~ Gabrielle Meagher and Marta Szebehely; Welfare State Institutions! Unemployment and Poverty: Comparative study on changes in labour market and income status in 15 European countries ~ M. Azhar Hussain! Olli Kangas & Jon Kvist; Social inequalities in health: The Nordic welfare state in comparative context ~ Clare Bambra; Income inequality and poverty: do the Nordic countries still constitute a family of their own? ~ Johan Fritzell! Olof Backman and Veli-Matti Ritakallio; Does immigration challange the economic sustainability of the Nordis welfare model? ~ Christer Gerdes and Eskil Wadensjo; Nordic responses to rising inequalities ~ Jon Kvist! Bjorn Hvinden and Olli Kangas. ...
