Welfare Trends in the Scandinavian Countries Book

	Preface
	Acknowledgments
1	Statism Eroded? Labor-Market Benefits and Challenges to the Scandinavian Welfare States	3
2	Sources of Welfare-State Support in Denmark: Self-Interest or Way of Life?	25
3	Welfare-State Support in Achievement-Oriented Hearts: The Case of Norway	49
4	Variations Within the Scandinavian Model: Iceland in the Scandinavian Perspective	61
5	Education, Social Mobility, and Social Reproduction in Sweden: Patterns and Changes	91
6	Class and Inequality: The Swedish Experience	119
7	Class and Family Effects on Income Distribution: Finland, 1966-81	147
8	Class and Health: The Development of the Class Pattern of Morbidity in Finland, 1964-87	163
9	Class Mobility in a Swedish City	181
10	Income Dependency in Norway	217
11	Income Trajectories: Stability and Change in Earnings and Economic Well-Being	231
12	The Income Safety Net: Who Falls into It and Why?	251
13	Poverty in Sweden, 1975-85	267
14	Main Demographic Trends	289
15	Trends and Inequalities in Mortality	305
16	Family Formation in Denmark	320
17	Changing Patterns of Social Relations	327
18	The Female Factor in the Changing Living Conditions in Denmark	350
19	Changing Roles: Trends in Women's Employment and Gender Equality	364
20	Crime, Drugs, and Suicide in the Scandinavian Countries Since 1950	383
	Index	407
	About the Contributors	417