Nordic Centre of Excellence:
Reassessing the Nordic
Welfare Model
Contact information
Leader:
Bjørn Hvinden +4722541217
Deputy Leader:
Viggo Nordvik +4722541269
Co-ordinator:
Mi Ah Schøyen +4722541286
reassess@reassess.no
New REASSESS book: Welfare State, Universalism and Diversity
Welfare State, Universalism and Diversity is a thought-provoking book dealing with key ideas, values and principles of social policies and asking what exactly is meant by universal benefits and policies? Is the time of post-war universalism over? Are universalism and diversity contradictory policy and theory framings?
Welfare State, Universalism And Diversity
Edited by Anneli Anttonen, Professor of Social Policy, University of Tampere, Finland, Liisa Häikiö, Senior Lecturer, University of Tampere, Finland and Kolbeinn Stefánsson, Researcher, University of Iceland
Published by Edwar Elgar
http://www.e-elgar.com/bookentry_main.lasso?id=14095
Contents:
1. Universalism and the Challenge of Diversity
Anneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö, Kolbeinn Stefánsson and Jorma Sipilä
2. Universalism in the British and Scandinavian Social Policy Debates
Anneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä
3. What is in a Word? Universalism, Ideology and Practice
Kolbeinn Stefánsson
4. Finding the Way between Universalism and Diversity: A Challenge to the Nordic Model
Liisa Häikiö and Bjørn Hvinden
5. Brave New World? Anglo-American Challenges to Universalism
John Clarke and Janet Newman
6. Reassessing Woman-friendliness and the Gender System: Feminist Theorizing About the Nordic Welfare Model
Anette Borchorst
7. A Caring State for all Older People?
Mia Vabø and Marta Szebehely
8. The Pension Puzzle: Pension Security for all Without Universal Schemes?
Mikko Kautto
9. Universalization and De-universalization of Unemployment Protection in Denmark and Sweden
Jørgen Goul Andersen
10. The Future of Welfare State: Rethinking Universalism
Anneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö and Kolbeinn Stefánsson
