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RELATIONAL NORDIC WELFARE STATE - CHALLENGES

RELATIONAL NORDIC WELFARE STATE - CHALLENGES. Meri Koivusalo. THE CHALLENGE OF SUCCESS ?. Nordic welfare states as services based welfare states vulnerable to commercialisation of publicly funded services

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RELATIONAL NORDIC WELFARE STATE - CHALLENGES

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  1. RELATIONAL NORDIC WELFARE STATE - CHALLENGES Meri Koivusalo Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

  2. THE CHALLENGE OF SUCCESS ? • Nordic welfare states as services based welfare statesvulnerable to commercialisation of publiclyfundedservices • Individualautonomyleading to easieracceptance of emphasis of moreindividualisedchoices • How fararewefromVermont in USA or Scotland ? • Economiccrises as means of changing the purpose and balance of power: €-austerity • ”Crisis of economics” as potential for Nordicwelfarestates in efforts on rebalancingglobalisation Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

  3. COMMON RULES – WHICH RULES ? • The new relevance of constitutional and international law ? • Are there common Nordic priorities ? • Rule-setting as part of globalisation -”meta-regulation” of what governments can and need to do • OECD, IMF • Trade and investment agreements • European Union Treaty, economic policy and internal market obligations Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

  4. OWNERSHIP OF WELFARE STATE ? Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

  5. THE CHALLENGERS • New public management as general approach to governance • European Union and market-centred social policy and focus on governance • Meet the new freedom fighters • 3 Icelandic, 3 Swedish • 1 Norwegian, 2 Danish • 1 Finnish members Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

  6. IS THERE A NORDIC WAY FORWARD ? • How can we address tensions between transnational corporations and national or regional democratic accountability ? • How can Nordic welfare states redistribute and respond to tax evasion ? • Where are Nordic trade unions? • Is there a danger that Nordic welfare states implode or decline along centre-left ? Esityksen nimi / Tekijä

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