This book is a novel and innovative contribution to the history of Swedish social democracy and gives a critical perspective on the change of the Swedish welfare state, from the post war notion of a Strong society, to the Third Way in the early 1980s.

This book discusses the economics of transport infrastructure and the economic theorizing around transport infrastructure from 1850 to today. Transport infrastructure systems are continuously evolving over time. Since the mid-1800s these systems have grown in complexity and outreach. They have...