Beyond the Nordic Welfare State
Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
9781035375431 (ISBN)
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Combining theoretical contributions, comparative studies and Finnish case analyses, the book provides fresh insights into how interventions can generate long-term benefits for individuals and society. It offers researchers, policymakers, and practitioners a timely perspective on renewing and strengthening welfare states in the Nordic region and beyond.
An essential resource for scholars and students in comparative social policy, welfare states, inequality and sociology, Beyond the Nordic Welfare State also offers policymakers and practitioners practical evidence-based tools for designing and working in efficient and equitable welfare systems.
Edited by Jani Erola, Professor of Sociology, Director of INVEST Research Flagship Centre, Department of Social Research, University of Turku, Pasi Moisio, Research Professor and Johanna Peltoniemi, Senior Researcher, Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland
Contents
1 Social investments with interventions 1
Jani Erola, Pasi Moisio and Johanna Peltoniemi
PART I EXTENDING SOCIAL INVESTMENTS WITH
INTERVENTIONS
2 The investment-intervention approach for welfare states 5
Jani Erola, Pasi Moisio and Johanna Peltoniemi
3 The economic dividend of social investment 20
Anton Hemerijck and Daniel Fernandes
4 How to understand interventions in welfare state policy context 53
Johanna Peltoniemi, Sanna Herkama, Sakari Karvonen and
Anu Muuri
PART II WHY SOCIAL INVESTMENTS ALONE ARE NOT
ENOUGH TO ADDRESS FUTURE MEGACHALLENGES
5 Loss of solidarity and civic virtue? Shift from the three
worlds of welfare to technocratic social investment hybrid
welfare states 66
Pasi Moisio andMoisio and Johanna Peltoniemi
6 Structural overstretching: How Finland can afford its welfare
state 80
Juho Saari
7 Walks the walk, but doesn’t talk the talk: Finnish
exceptionalism from the Nordic perspective 99
Olli Kangas and Mikko Niemelä
8 How can the Nordic welfare state respond to demographic
change? 122
Marika Jalovaara, Jessica Nisén and Johanna Lammi-Taskula
9 Redefining welfare deservingness: The impact of AI and
algorithmic systems on the social investment state 143
Minna van Gerven and Wim Van Lancker
10 Public policy for future generations: Well-being economy in
the Nordic context 159
Heikki Hiilamo
PART III CASE STUDIES OF EFFECTIVE INTERVENTIONS
FROM FINLAND
11 Housing First and the reduction of homelessness in Finland
among people with substance abuse problems 176
Aleksi Karhula, Joonas Ollonqvist, Elisabetta Leni, Veera
Niemi and Pasi Moisio
12 Not just kids’ play: Bullying prevention is an investment that
pays off 208
Sanna Herkama, Marie-Pier Larose, Tiina Turunen and
Christina Salmivalli
13 Supporting refugee children’s mental health and learning in
educational and healthcare services 223
Kirsi Peltonen, Mia Huolman and Sanna Korpela
14 From research to reality: Digital parent training for managing
disruptive behaviour in children 240
Terja Ristkari, Malin Kinnunen and Marjo Kurki
15 Pension reforms beyond social investment: Do social
investment and intervention layers exist in Finland’s pension
system? 254
Ilari Ilmakunnas, Joonas Ollonqvist and Pasi Moisio
16 Lessons from the Finnish Basic Income Experiment 266
Henri Salokangas, Outi Sirniö, Heikki Hiilamo and Pasi Moisio
PART IV EPILOGUE
17 Can the investment-intervention approach deliver? 283
Jani Erola, Pasi Moisio, Johanna Peltoniemi and Paula Saikkonen
| Erscheinungsdatum | 07.10.2025 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Cheltenham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781035375431 / 9781035375431 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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