Call for Papers
The Nordic Welfare States – Revisited
Regional issue, Social Policy & Administration, 2011
In the literature the Nordic welfare state is associated with equality
(economic and
gender), universalism in access to benefits and services, and full
employment. These are welfare states in relation not only to income
transfers but also to welfare services. A high degree of solidarity and
cradle-to-grave welfare has also been prominent, as has
intergenerational solidarity.
A core question is whether the Nordic welfare states can still be seen
as a distinct cluster. Profound changes have taken place, reducing the
focus on full employment and equality, and introducing new balances
between the state and the market. There has been an increase in the use
of the market as main provider, and new types of inequalities have
developed in the Nordic welfare states.
Timetable: a detailed abstract around 1 January 2010, and
final papers by 1 June 2010, as the issue is due to be published in
February/March 2011. Papers will be peer-reviewed.
Abstracts to be send to Professor Bent Greve, University of Roskilde,
Denmark: [log in to unmask]
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Bent Greve
Professor i samfundsvidenskab med særligt henblik
på analyser af velfærdsstat og velfærdssamfund Professor in welfare
state analysis
Institut for Samfund og globalisering Department of Society
and globalisation
Roskilde Universitet, Universitetsvej 1
4000 Roskilde. Danmark
Ph. 0045 46742585/22958814
Fax 0045 46743080
www.ssc.ruc.dk
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