Idea of solidarity and equality as a base of the Swedish welfare state model – on the example of pension system and labor market. Cover Image

Idea solidarności i równości społecznej jako podstawa szwedzkiego modelu państwa dobrobytu – na przykładzie systemu emerytalnego i rynku pracy
Idea of solidarity and equality as a base of the Swedish welfare state model – on the example of pension system and labor market.

Author(s): Dawid Kościewicz
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: welfare state; Sweden; labour market; pension system

Summary/Abstract: The article presents key values of the Swedish welfare state model: solidarity and equality, on the example of social insurance, taxation and labor market policy. Swedish welfare state is also compared with other “welfare economies” in their fiscal burdens, just before the global financial crisis. The conclusion is that modern Swedish welfare state is a successful and stabile realization of most important aims and values of the folkhemmet conception, based on solidarity and social equality.

  • Issue Year: 2012
  • Issue No: 2 (06)
  • Page Range: 74-88
  • Page Count: 15
  • Language: Polish