Review Essay - North European experience and the Polish social policy. Remarks on the book Szlak Norden. Modernizacja po skandynawsku by S. Anioł. Cover Image

Włodzimierz Anioł, Szlak Norden. Modernizacja po skandynawsku, Dom Wydawniczy Elipsa, Warszawa 2013, ss. 277
Review Essay - North European experience and the Polish social policy. Remarks on the book Szlak Norden. Modernizacja po skandynawsku by S. Anioł.

Author(s): Lucyna Prorok
Subject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Łódzkie Towarzystwo Naukowe
Keywords: social policy; welfare state; modernization; family policy flexicurity; economy base on knowledge; solidarity

Summary/Abstract: In Europe there are different models of social policy in which exist different manners for protection citizens in case of the life crisis. Scandinavian countries are the leaders in protection and help for their own citizens, what is define as welfare state. However in connection with socially-economic transformations a necessity became the redefinition of the Scandinavian social policy model, what presents Włodzimierz Anioł in publication entitled: The Norden Path. Modernization the Skandinavian Way. In this book Author analyses modernization processes of Swedish family policy, Danish employment policy, Finnish education Policy and social innovation and Norwegian diplomacy. Introduced by Anioł qualitative analysis of socially-cultural, political and economic condition of Norden countries determines discussion on the social phenomenon of that welfare state model. Besides this book became also a contribution to the discussion of possibility to imitation by other countries (in Poland) the Scandinavian model, including economic, political and social costs.

  • Issue Year: 64/2015
  • Issue No: 2
  • Page Range: 187-198
  • Page Count: 12
  • Language: Polish