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The Nordic Welfare State in Finland
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Finland seems to be a good case for criticizing these two types of reductionism in historical welfare state overviews, as Finland has been assessed as a “Nordic welfare state”, or, to be more exact, as an (or the) exception among the Nordic welfare states.Abstract:
(2001). The Nordic Welfare State in Finland. Scandinavian Journal of History: Vol. 26, No. 3, pp. 225-247.read more
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