New public management reforms of the Danish and Swedish welfare states : the role of different social democratic responses
By: GREEN-PEDERSEN, Christoffer.
Material type: ArticlePublisher: Malden : Wiley-Blackwell, April 2002Governance: An International Journal of Policy, Administration, and Institutions 15, 2, p. 271-294Abstract: This article investigates market-type reforms of the service welfare states in Sweden and Denmark. Sweden has implemented such reforms to a greater extent than Denmark. The explanation should be found in the diferent responses of the Social Democratic parties to the NPM agenda in general and market-type reforms in particular. In Denmark, the Social Democrats have opposed market-type reforms, whereas in Sweden they have been more opens towards these ideas. With this focus, the paper differs from most other writings about variation in the extent of NPMItem type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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This article investigates market-type reforms of the service welfare states in Sweden and Denmark. Sweden has implemented such reforms to a greater extent than Denmark. The explanation should be found in the diferent responses of the Social Democratic parties to the NPM agenda in general and market-type reforms in particular. In Denmark, the Social Democrats have opposed market-type reforms, whereas in Sweden they have been more opens towards these ideas. With this focus, the paper differs from most other writings about variation in the extent of NPM
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