Developments in Swedish Social Policy

ARTHUR GOULD is Reader in Swedish Social Policy at the Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University. He has published many articles on Swedish drug policy, the Swedish welfare state, long-term unemployment in Sweden and Swedish social policy and the EU. He is the author of Conflict and Control in Welfare Policy: the Swedish Experience (1988), Capitalist Welfare Systems: Japan, Britain and Sweden (1993), and co-author of Voices Within and Without: Responses to Long Term Unemployment in Germany, Sweden and Britain (1998).

• List of Tables Preface Acknowledgements Glossary Postmodern World..... ......Modern Society The 'People's Home' Political and Economic Change Social Insecurity: Benefits and Services Grey Policies: Caring for the Elderly The State of Women Responses to Unemployment The Restrictive Line: Alcohol and Drugs Apollo versus Dionysus Bibliography Index

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