Chapter 2 Smooth sailing toward more peaceful societies? Long-run Nordic development paths
In this chapter, we aim to compare the Nordic societies in a broad fashion in the last 200 years in their process of “sailing” (with the implication of rough waters along the way) from social fragmentation to more inclusive welfare societies. Our main goal is to examine the co-evolution of economic,...
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| description | In this chapter, we aim to compare the Nordic societies in a broad fashion in the last 200 years in their process of “sailing” (with the implication of rough waters along the way) from social fragmentation to more inclusive welfare societies. Our main goal is to examine the co-evolution of economic, political, and fiscal factors among the Nordic societies in the long-run by making use of recent longitudinal datasets. In this way we can map out some key patterns that characterized the shift toward more peaceful and well-functioning societies. First, we focus on the process towards economic and political convergence that took place, with some exceptions, in the latter part of the 20th century. Second, we also examine how these processes of convergence translated into the realm of fiscal and social policies, and to what extent they were related to decreasing levels of social fragmentation. The chapter shows that the paths towards welfare states were not uniform among the Nordic countries, and that some of the pivotal forces and periods were connected to various types of crises, namely that these were not processes that were smooth or inevitable. We conclude our paper with some general findings and discussion of current day problems among the Nordic societies from a comparative historical perspective. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-957572025-07-17T12:15:15Z Chapter 2 Smooth sailing toward more peaceful societies? Long-run Nordic development paths Eloranta, Jari Ojala, Jari Sabaté, Oriol Economic history, Welfare, State, Transition, Social, thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies thema EDItEUR::K Economics, Finance, Business and Management::KC Economics::KCM Development economics and emerging economies In this chapter, we aim to compare the Nordic societies in a broad fashion in the last 200 years in their process of “sailing” (with the implication of rough waters along the way) from social fragmentation to more inclusive welfare societies. Our main goal is to examine the co-evolution of economic, political, and fiscal factors among the Nordic societies in the long-run by making use of recent longitudinal datasets. In this way we can map out some key patterns that characterized the shift toward more peaceful and well-functioning societies. First, we focus on the process towards economic and political convergence that took place, with some exceptions, in the latter part of the 20th century. Second, we also examine how these processes of convergence translated into the realm of fiscal and social policies, and to what extent they were related to decreasing levels of social fragmentation. The chapter shows that the paths towards welfare states were not uniform among the Nordic countries, and that some of the pivotal forces and periods were connected to various types of crises, namely that these were not processes that were smooth or inevitable. We conclude our paper with some general findings and discussion of current day problems among the Nordic societies from a comparative historical perspective. 2023-01-05T04:04:14Z 2023-01-05T04:04:14Z 2023-01-04T13:52:47Z 2022 chapter https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/60500 9781138587540 9781032235004 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/95757 eng open access image/jpeg image/jpeg image/jpeg Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60500/1/9780429503870_10.4324_9780429503870-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60500/1/9780429503870_10.4324_9780429503870-3.pdf https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/60500/1/9780429503870_10.4324_9780429503870-3.pdf Taylor & Francis Routledge 10.4324/9780429503870-3 10.4324/9780429503870-3 fa69b019-f4ee-4979-8d42-c6b6c476b5f0 Social Cohesion and Welfare States 9781138587540 9781032235004 Routledge 30 open access |
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