Beschreibung:
Sweden is well known for the success of its welfare state. Many believe that success was made possible in part by the country's ethnic homogeneity and that the increased diversity of Sweden's population is putting its welfare state at risk. Few, however, have suggested convincing mechanisms for explaining the precise relationship between relative ethnic homogeneity/heterogeneity and the welfare state. In this book Carly Elizabeth Schall acknowledges the important role of ethnic homogeneity in Sweden's thriving welfare state, but she argues that it mattered primarily because political elites- especially social democrats-made it matter.
Introduction PART I. HOMOGENEITY IN THE PEOPLE'S HOMEChapter 1. 1928-1932: Ethnic Nation and Social Democratic Consolidation Chapter 2. 1945-1950: Making the "People's Home" Interlude 1. A Swedish Welfare State, a Welfare State for Swedes PART II. HETEROGENEITY IN THE PEOPLE'S HOMEChapter 3. 1968-1975: Security, Equality, and Choice: Expanding the People's Home Chapter 4. 1991-1995: People's Home No Longer? The Breakdown of the Miraculous Welfare Machine Interlude 2. Is There Room for Difference in Social Democracy? Chapter 5. The End of Social Democracy Hegemony Conclusions: Who Belongs in the Swedish People's Home?