Capitalists Against Markets

The Making of Labor Markets and Welfare States in the United States and Sweden

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, Politics, Labour & Industrial Relations, Social Services & Welfare, Social Science
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Author: Peter A. Swenson ISBN: 9780190286606
Publisher: Oxford University Press Publication: September 26, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press Language: English
Author: Peter A. Swenson
ISBN: 9780190286606
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication: September 26, 2002
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Language: English

Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, Swenson shows that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.

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Conventional wisdom argues that welfare state builders in the US and Sweden in the 1930s took their cues from labor and labor movements. Swenson makes the startling argument that pragmatic social reformers looked for support not only from below but also from above, taking into account capitalist interests and preferences. Juxtaposing two widely recognized extremes of welfare, the US and Sweden, Swenson shows that employer interests played a role in welfare state development in both countries.

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