TY - BOOK AU - Andersson,Jenny TI - Between growth and security: Swedish Social Democracy from a Strong Society to a Third Way T2 - Critical Labour Movement Studies SN - 9781847792006 AV - HC375 .B489 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - Manchester PB - Manchester University Press KW - Mixed economy KW - Sweden KW - Social security KW - Socialism KW - Sveriges socialdemokratiska arbetareparti KW - Economic conditions KW - 1945- KW - Economic policy KW - Politics and government KW - 1973- KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Series editors' foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1 Between growth and security; 2 A productive investment: social policy in the strong society; 3 The social cost of growth; 4 Social policy for security; 5 The cost of security; 6 Can we afford security? Social policy in the third way; 7 Concluding remarks; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; 2; b N2 - The notion of social policy as a productive investment and a prerequisite for economic growth became a core feature in the ideology of Swedish social democracy, and a central component of the universalism of the Swedish welfare state. However as the Swedish Social Democratic Party (SAP) embarked on its Third Way in 1981, this outlook on social policy as a productive investment was replaced by the identification of social policy as a cost and a burden for growth. This book discusses the components of this ideological turnaround from Swedish social democracy?s post-war notion of a strong society UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=515056&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -