SOWK 3110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Swedish Social Democratic Party, Monetarism, Full Employment

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Social democratic scandinavian counties: during much of the twentieth century, many people have associated social democracy with scandinavia, and esping-anderson"s social democratic welfare regimes include counties such as sweden, finland, and norway. This model emphasizes citizenship rights and the creation of a universal and comprehensive system of social benefits. The model is focused on optimum conditions for the citizen-as a right: this model resembles an institutional approach to social welfare. Despite some significant economic problems in the 1990"s in sweden and finland, scandinavian countries have fundamentally maintained, and even strengthened, their welfare states during the last decade. They largely escaped the shift to monetarism and were able to preserve social welfare protections: scandinavian social democracy emphasizes universal income guarantees, maximum employment levels, and highly developed programs for children, people with disabilities, and the elderly. The principle underlying this model is that benefits should be provided to all citizens, regardless of their employment or family situation.

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