In his forward to this book, Marquis Childs, author of the classic work Sweden: The Middle Way, comments: "There has been a great deal of emotional writing about the effort of the labor government in Stockholm to regulate capitalism and provide a decent s

Cover -- CONTENTS -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- List of Boxes -- Notes on Contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgements -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: The Right to Social Security and National Development -- 2 Social Security and Human Rights -- Part II: Issues for the Global Society of...

Cover -- Preface -- Table of contents -- Foreword Seán Lemass -- Foreword Brian Cowen -- Introduction by C. Wilfred Jenks -- Part I Phelan, the man -- Edward Phelan: A biographical essay, by Emmet O'Connor -- Part II The memoirs of Edward Phelan: The birth of the ILO -- Chapter 1 Young Irishman...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction and Overview -- 2 Main Elements of the Swedish Welfare State -- 3 The Swedish Growth Experience -- 4 Growth, Government, and the Welfare State -- 5 Labor Market Interventions -- 6 Investment and...

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- VOICES OF THE POOR -- Chapter 1 Listening to the Voices of the Poor -- Chapter 2 Definitions of Poverty -- Chapter 3 State Institutions -- Chapter 4 Civil Society Institutions -- Chapter 5 Changing Gender Relations in the Household -- Chapter 6...

Intro -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- EDITORS' PREFACE -- A BASIC INCOME FOR ALL -- WHAT ABOUT RECIPROCITY? -- UBI AND THE FLAT TAX -- FALLING IN LOVE AGAIN -- SECURITY AND LAISSEZ- FAIRE -- SUBSIDIZE WAGES -- UBI AND THE WORK ETHIC -- OPTIONAL FREEDOMS -- GOOD FOR WOMEN -- DIGNITY AND DEPRIVATION --...

Intro -- Contents -- Contributors -- Chapter 1: Reaching for a New Deal: Ambitious Governance, Economic Meltdown, and Polarized Politics / Theda Skocpol and Lawrence R. Jacobs -- Part I: Legislative Landmarks -- Chapter 2: Hard-Fought Legacy: Obama, Congressional Democrats, and the Struggle for...

Front cover -- Series title page -- Copyright page -- Table of contents -- Transliteration table of Bulgarian Cyrillic -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- INTRODUCTION -- 1. Outlining the problem -- The objectives of the research -- Population and population anxieties from a historical...

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