Welfare State, Universalism and Diversity

Edited by Anneli Anttonen, Professor of Social Policy, Faculty of Social Sciences, Liisa Häikiö, Senior Lecturer, University of Tampere, Finland and Kolbeinn Stefánsson, Researcher, University of Iceland

• Contents: 1. Universalism and the Challenge of DiversityAnneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö, Kolbeinn Stefánsson and Jorma Sipilä 2. Universalism in the British and Scandinavian Social Policy DebatesAnneli Anttonen and Jorma Sipilä 3. What is in a Word? Universalism, Ideology and PracticeKolbeinn Stefánsson 4. Finding the Way between Universalism and Diversity: A Challenge to the Nordic ModelLiisa Häikiö and Bjørn Hvinden 5. Brave New World? Anglo-American Challenges to UniversalismJohn Clarke and Janet Newman 6. Reassessing Woman-friendliness and the Gender System: Feminist Theorizing About the Nordic Welfare ModelAnette Borchorst 7. A Caring State for all Older People?Mia Vabø and Marta Szebehely 8. The Pension Puzzle: Pension Security for all Without Universal Schemes?Mikko Kautto 9. Universalization and De-universalization of Unemployment Protection in Denmark and SwedenJørgen Goul Andersen 10. The Future of Welfare State: Rethinking UniversalismAnneli Anttonen, Liisa Häikiö and Kolbeinn Stefánsson Index

’This book is a most timely academic intervention. The concept of universalism is central to social policy and welfare state development yet it is rarely explored with such attention to its time and place specificities as in this book. Nordic and British authors investigate the different dimensions and meanings of universalism and the challenges it has faced. Buffeted by markets and choice on the one side and diversity on the other, can universalism survive? To find out, read on...’- Fiona Williams, University of Leeds, UK