The Nordic approach to growth and welfare. European lessons to be learned?
Magnusson, Lars ; Jørgensen, Henning ; Dølvik, Jon Erik
European Trade Union Institute for Research, Education and Health and Safety, Brussels
ETUI-REHS - Brussels
2008
151 p.
economic growth ; full employment ; labour relations ; labour mobility ; trade union document ; welfare economics ; welfare state ; flexicurity ; Lisbon strategy ; Scandinavian model ; labour market policy
Denmark ; Finland ; Norway ; Sweden
Social protection
English
Bibliogr.
978-2-87452-119-5
02.03-52618
"The EU's Lisbon Strategy, adopted in 2000, set ambitious goals, a roadmap for achieving them and quantitative targets for 2010. Despite the view in some quarters just a few years ago that the Nordic countries were neither sustainable nor competitive, these countries have subsequently risen to become some of Europe's most consistent performers in the efforts to reach the Lisbon targets. The intention of this book is to document how good governance has been developed in the Nordic countries. It proposes some relevant lessons for European decision-makers while highlighting individual features of the countries in the Nordic region."
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