Overview

This title was first published in 2001. This, the first single volume to bring together the work of Goesta Rehn, is an essential read for all those interested in the Swedish Model, labour market economics, economic policy and the ideas of an economist who guided a generation.

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Author:   Henry Milner ,  Eskil Wadensjoe
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
ISBN:  

9781138724624

ISBN 10:   1138724629
Publication Date:   01 January 2021
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents: GAsta Rehn 1913-1996, Henry Milner and Eskil WadensjA. GAsta Rehn's Contribution: The labour market policy - Rehn or Rubbestad, Eskil WadensjA; A Swedish economic policy - the Rehn-Meidner model's theory, application and validity, Lennart Erixon. Swedish Perspectives: GAsta Rehn and the Swedish model: did we follow the Rehn-Meidner model too little rather than too much?, Klas Eklund; New conditions in the labour market, Anders BAckstrAm; GAsta Rehn, civic literacy and the Swedish model, Henry Milner; Can security enhance efficiency? Testing a little-noted assumption of the Rehn-Meidner model, Axel van den Berg. Nordic Perspectives: Fragmentation and individualization? The legitimacy of corporatism among the Finnish labour force, Heikki Ervasti; Decentralized wage bargaining: a threat to incomes policy goals or an instrument of flexibility?, Geir HAgsnes and Frode Longva; Equality, solidarity and the welfare state. The Nordic employment performance in comparative perspective, Sven Jochem; The making of the Danish employment service, 1960-72. Central and local policy choices, employer demand and trade union resistance, Christian Toft. European Perspectives: Rehn-Meidner and Austro-Keynesianism: two post-keynesian roads to higher employment, Markus Marterbauer; GAsta Rehn, the Swedish model and the Dutch miracle, Jelle Visser; Assessing the influence of GAsta Rehn in France, Dominique Anxo, Christine Brossier and Bernard Gazier; Missed opportunities: British social democracy and the Rehn model, 1951-1964, Mark Wickham-Jones; Bibliography of the writings of GAsta Rehn, Eskil WadensjA; Notes on the authors.

Reviews

'...the book will be, and deserves to be, an indispensable reference for every serious student of Rehn and the Swedich model.' History of Economic Ideas

Author Information

Henry Milner is Professor of Political Science, Vanier College; Visiting Professor of Political Science at UmeAY University in Sweden, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Political Science, Universite Laval. Eskil WadensjA is Professor of Labour Economics at the Swedish Institute for Social Research, Stockholm University and Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences, Stockholm Universit, Sweden.

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