The Welfare State as Employer

An analysis of the Scandinavian model of the welfare state, based on a research program initiated by the Nordic Council in 1985. From an examination of the specific configurations of labor markets and welfare in Scandinavia, it concludes that the welfare state has become the main vehicle of industri

List of contents

Tables, Preface, 1 Welfare States and Employment Regimes, 2 Welfare State Employment in Scandinavia, 3 Welfare State Employees: Where Did They Come From?, 4 Public Employment and Class Formation, 5 The Gender Dimension of the Welfare State, 6 Three Postindustrial Employment Regimes, Index, Contributors

About the author

Jon Eivind Kolberg, Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology, University of Bergen, Norway.

Summary

An analysis of the Scandinavian model of the welfare state, based on a research program initiated by the Nordic Council in 1985. From an examination of the specific configurations of labor markets and welfare in Scandinavia, it concludes that the welfare state has become the main vehicle of industri

Product details

• Authors: Jon Eivind Kolberg
• Assisted by: Jon Eivind Kolberg (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2022
• EAN: 9780873326483
• ISBN: 978-0-87332-648-3
• No. of pages: 208
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Comparative public policy analysis
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; Politische Strukturen und Prozesse