State and Civil Society in Northern Europe
The Swedish Model Reconsidered
In the current neo-liberal political and economic climate, it is often suggested that a large and strong state stands in opposition to an autonomous and vibrant civil society. However, the simultaneous presence in Sweden of both a famously large public sector and an unusually vital civil society poses an interesting and important theoretical challenge to these views with serious political and policy implications. Studies show that in a comparative context Sweden scores very highly when it comes to the strength and vitality of its civil society as well as social capital, as measured in terms of trust, lack of corruption, and membership of vol…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-78238-200-3
- EAN: 9781782382003
- Produktnummer: 23574088
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 296 S.
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 5'571 KB
Über den Autor
Lars Trägårdh received his Ph D in history from UC Berkeley and currently co-directs a research project concerning trust and state/civil society relations in Sweden at the Research Institute of Ersta Sköndal University College in Stockholm. His most recent publications include (with co-editor Nina Witoszek) Culture and Crisis: The Case of Germany and Sweden (Berghahn Books, 2002), After National Democracy: Rights, Law and Power in America in the New Europe (Hart Publishing, 2004), and with Henrik Berggren Är svensken människa: Oberoende och gemenskap i det moderna Sverige (Norstedts, 2006).
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