
The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State
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"With its conceptual history focus, the volume problematizes the importance of the empirical concept in relation to a more analytical one that is related to the history of ideas. Thus, reforms that today are understood as characteristic of a welfare state did not necessarily take place with the welfare state as a leading concept." * Scandinavian Studies"This book will be of great use and inspiration to researchers working with political history and welfare history, for political scientists and historians, for students and experienced. {It] is recommended!" * Historisk tidsskrift
"In the best tradition of Begriffsgeschichte (conceptual history a la Koselleck), this thoroughly researched book offers fascinating histories of the changing meanings of the welfare state in the Nordic countries. It is the first systematic study of this key term of social policy language in the Nordic countries available in English." * Journal of Interdisciplinary History
"This is a book many have been waiting for, not least researchers who have been concerned with the history, development and status of the welfare state...This is a very important and interesting book that provides a lot of new knowledge of the history of the concept of the welfare state. It is a book that we have missed in the international research literature, and it will undoubtedly be a standard reference in and far beyond the Nordic countries for anyone interested in studying or disseminating knowledge about the welfare state." * Tiddskrift for Velferdsforskning (Journal of Welfare Research)
"The Changing Meanings of the Welfare State fills an important gap in the social policy language literature of recent years. It makes for enjoyable and informative reading." * Sven Hort, Linnaeus University
"With its impressive conceptual and thematic coherence, this book will become an excellent 'encyclopedic' contribution to the field." * Johannes Lindvall, Lund University
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
Nils Edling
Chapter 1. Multiple Welfare States - Histories of a Keyword
Nils Edling
Chapter 2. The Languages of Welfare in Sweden
Nils Edling
Chapter 3. The Concept of 'Welfare State' in Danish Public and Political Debates|
Jorn Henrik Petersen and Klaus Petersen
Chapter 4. The Winding Road of the Norwegian 'Welfare State'
Per Haave
Chapter 5. The Conceptual History of Welfare State in Finland
Pauli Kettunen
Chapter 6. The Evolving Concept of the Welfare State in Icelandic Politics
Gu?mundur Jonsson
Conclusion
Nils Edling
Index
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