Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden Book + PRICE WATCH * Amazon pricing is not included in price watch

Capitalists against Markets: The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden Book

Argues that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. This book juxtaposes two recognised extremes of welfare the US and Sweden to show that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.Read More

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    Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, Swenson shows that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.

  • 0195142977
  • 9780195142976
  • Peter A. Swenson
  • 24 October 2002
  • OUP USA
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 448
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