The Age of Social Democracy (eBook)

Norway and Sweden in the Twentieth Century

Francis Sejersted (Autor)

Madeleine B. Adams (Herausgeber)

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2021
552 Seiten
Princeton University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4008-3912-4 (ISBN)

Infos

A history of how Norway and Sweden became the envy of the modern worldThis is the history of how two countries on the northern edge of Europe built societies in the twentieth century that became objects of inspiration and envy around the world. Francis Sejersted, one of Scandinavia's leading historians, tells how Norway and Sweden achieved a rare feat by realizing grand visions of societies that combine stability, prosperity, and social welfare. It is a history that holds many valuable lessons today, at a time of renewed interest in the Scandinavian model.The book tells the story of social democracy from the separation of Norway and Sweden in 1905 through the end of the century, tracing its development from revolutionary beginnings through postwar triumph, as it became a hegemonic social order that left its stamp on every sector of society, the economy, welfare, culture, education, and family. The book also tells how in the 1980s, partly in reaction to the strong state, a freedom and rights revolution led to a partial erosion of social democracy. Yet despite the fracturing of consensus and the many economic and social challenges facing Norway and Sweden today, the achievement of their welfare states remains largely intact.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 8.6.2021
• Übersetzer: Richard Daly
• Zusatzinfo: 19 b/w illus.
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
• Schlagworte: abortion, abortion law • absolute monarchy • action ideologues • activism • administrative dualism • Alva Myrdal • applied research • bank democratization • Berggren, Christian • Bourgeoisie • branch councils • Bretton Woods Agreement • brutality of the majority • Capitalism • cash benefit plan (kontantstøtte) • Castbergian child laws • chairman • church asylum • cities for a new society • Civil Society • Coalition Government • Comintern • communism • Communitarianism • compulsory mediation • conscientious worker • Consideration • Corporatism • crisis settlement • Criticism • customs union • death of ideologies • Decisionism • Democracy • Democratic Capitalism • Democratization • Democrats in Norway • Devaluation • Differentiation • economic democracy • Economic Growth • economic liberalism • Economic Policy • Economics • Economy of Sweden • electrification • Emigration • Employment • enabling acts • Ernst Wigforss • expansionism • family insurance principle • Finland • Functionalism • Gender equality • Globalization • Goal Orientation • Gunnar Myrdal • Hambro, Carl Joachim • happiness indicator • health insurance • Housewife • Ideology • imperialism • income • industrial democracy • industrialisation • Industrialization • Industrial Policy • Industrial society • Institution • Interwar Period • Jonung, Lars • Katzenstein, Peter • knowledge movement • labor Democrats • Labour movement • Labour Party (Norway) • Labour Power • Legislation • liberal democracy • Lindström, Stefan • Magnusson, Lars • managerial capitalism • Marshall Plan • Marxism • medicalization • Modernity • Modernization • municipal socialism • National interest • Nationalism • Nation-Building • nation state • Neutral country • New Direction (think tank) • Nordic Countries • Norwegians • Nuclear family • Nuclear power • Olof Palme • Ownership • panic laws • parliamentary system • Party leader • paternalism • Pedagogy • Pension • pension fund • Per Albin Hansson • Policy • Political Party • Politician • Politics • private sector • Public sector • Radicalism (historical) • Reformism • Regime • Regulation • Representative Democracy • saving • Self-determination • skepticism • Social Class • Social Democracy • Socialist society (Labour Party) • Social Policy • state capitalism • State Ownership • Subsidy • Suffrage • Swedish Social Democratic Party • Tage Erlander • Tax • technocracy • Technology • The Other Hand • Trade Union • Unemployment • Unemployment benefits • Union between Sweden and Norway • Universal Suffrage • Voting • wage • welfare • Welfare State • Workforce • World War I • World War II
• ISBN-10: 1-4008-3912-2 / 1400839122
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4008-3912-4 / 9781400839124