Download or read book Nordic Social Policy written by Matti Heikkila and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-01-22 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By focusing on developments in the Nordic welfare states during the past decade, Nordic Social Policy provides new insights into the evolution of welfare state measures and generally assesses the peoples health in Sweden, Finland, Norway and Denmark. This comparative work includes chapters on *the changed preconditions of welfare policies *changes in the welfare measures *developments in the welfare of the people *developments in public support for the welfare states.