The Danish Welfare State A Sociological Investigation
The Danish Welfare State analyzes a broad range of areas, such as globalization, labor marked, family life, health and social exclusion, the book demonstrates that life in a modern welfare state is changing rapidly, creating both challenges and possibilit
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The Danish Welfare State A Sociological Investigation
Edited by
Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson , Mor ten Frederiksen , and J ø rgen Elm Larsen
THE DANISH WELFARE STATE
Copyright © Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, Morten Frederiksen, and Jørgen Elm Larsen, 2015. Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2015 978-1-137-52730-1 All rights reserved. First published in 2015 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN® in the United States—a division of St. Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Where this book is distributed in the UK, Europe and the rest of the world, this is by Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-57481-0
ISBN 978-1-137-52731-8 (eBook)
DOI 10.1057/9781137527318 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data The Danish welfare state : a sociological investigation / edited by Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, Morten Frederiksen, and Jørgen Elm Larsen. pages cm Includes index. 1. Denmark—Social policy. 2. Welfare state—Denmark. I. Bengtsson, Tea Torbenfeldt. II. Frederiksen, Morten. III. Larsen, Jørgen Elm. HN547.D353 2015 361.6⬘509489—dc23
2015007866
A catalogue record of the book is available from the British Library. Design by Newgen Knowledge Works (P) Ltd., Chennai, India. First edition: September 2015 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Contents
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List of Illustrations
Introduction 1
Is Risk Transforming the Danish Welfare State? Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson, Morten Frederiksen, and Jørgen Elm Larsen
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Part I 2
Denmark from an International Perspective Peter Abrahamson
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Social Investment as Risk Management Jon Kvist
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Employment Relations, Flexicurity, and Risk: Explaining the Risk Profile of the Danish Flexicurity Model Carsten Strøby Jensen
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Precarity and Public Risk Management: Trends in Denmark across Four Decades Stefan B. Andrade
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Toward a New Culture of Blame? Morten Frederiksen
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Part II 7
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When Family Life Is Risky Business—Immigrant Divorce in the Women-Friendly Welfare State Mai Heide Ottosen and Anika Liversage
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The Risky Business of Educational Choice in the Meritocratic Society Kristian Bernt Karlson and Anders Holm
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Health in a Risk Perspective: The Case of Overweight Nanna Mik-Meyer Failing Ageing? Risk Management in the Active Ageing Society Tine Rostgaard
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Part III 11
Controlling Young People Through Treatment and Punishment Tea Torbenfeldt Bengtsson
12
Alcohol and Risk Management in a Welfare State Margaretha Järvinen
13
The Tough and the Brittle: Calculating and Managing the Risk of Refugees Katrine Syppli Kohl
14
Cash Benefit Recipients—Vulnerable or Villains? Dorte Caswell, Jørgen Elm Larsen, and Stella Mia Sieling-Monas
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