GINI Country Report: Growing Inequalities and their Impacts in Sweden
The aim of this country report is to present and examine patterns and trends in the inequality drivers in Sweden; highlight their potential relations to the social, political and cultural spheres, looking at the available evidence froms research and national statistics; and point to the role of relevant institutions and policies. As with the project at large we focus on the changes from around 1980 and onwards. Swedish society has undergone several substantial societal changes over the last decades. The most significant macroeconomic event is the deep recession in the early 1990s with negative growth three years in a row, skyrocketing unemployment and subsequent cutbacks in most social programmes. In contrast the 2008 crisis was less severe in Sweden compared to most other affluent countries. Sweden has also become much more ethnically diverse over this period and compared to other EU countries Sweden has now one of the largest proportions of foreign-born populations. In terms of party politics we should note that the hegemony of the Social Democratic party has been broken, and Sweden is since 2006 governed by a centre-right coalition.
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2010-12
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Authors: | Fritzell, Johan ; Bacchus-hertzman, Jennie ; Bäckman, O. ; Borg, I. ; Ferrarini, T. ; Nelson, K. |
Institutions: | Amsterdams Instituut voor ArbeidsStudies (AIAS), Universiteit van Amsterdam |
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