Understanding the Swedish Model

Jan-Erik Lane

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• eBook ISBN: 9781040450253
• Topic: Politics & International Relations
• Subtopic: European History
• Index: Politics & International Relations

Originally published in 1991 this book examines the practical 'Swedish Model' which impressed an international audience because it seemed successful in terms of resolving social problems by means of public sector programmes, while at the same time stimulating a high rate of growth in the economy. From the mid-1970s the model met with uncertainty and hesitancy as it no longer gave guidance as to how several crucial problems were to be handled. During the 1980s the model was challenged by the increasing relevance of individualist and market-orientated values. The book interprets Swedish politics in the 1980s in the light of the status of the 'Swedish Model' at a time when the political landscape in Sweden was undergoing a transformation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Original Title Page
• Original Copyright Page
• Table of Contents
• Notes on Contributors
• Interpretations of the Swedish Model
• Sweden’s Politics and Party System at the Crossroads
• Swedish Social Democracy in Transition: The Party’s Record in the 1980s and the Challenge of the 1990s
• Three Swedish Prime Ministers: Tage Erlander, Olof Palme and Ingvar Carlsson
• The ‘Swedish Model’ and Public Sector Reform
• Towards the Integrated and Fragmented State: The Mixed Role of Local Government
• The Swedish Model of Security Policy
• Swedish Corporatism at a Crossroads: The Impact of New Politics and New Social Movements
• The Swedish Gender Model: Productivity, Pragmatism and Paternalism
• ‘Cradle of Freedom on Earth’: Refugee Immigration and Ethnic Pluralism
• Appendix: Basic Facts about Swedish Politics
• Abstracts
• Index