The Quest for a Divided Welfare State: Sweden in the Era of Privatization John Lapidus 3030247848 9783030247843

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• ISBN 10: 3030247848
• ISBN 13: 9783030247843
• Author: John Lapidus

This book deals with the quest for a divided welfare state in Sweden. The prime example is the rapid rise of private health insurance, which now constitutes a parallel system characterized by state subsidies for some and not for others. This functions as a kind of reverse means-testing, whereby primarily the upper classes get state support for new types of welfare consumption. Innovatively, Lapidus explains how such a parallel system requires not only direct and statutory state support but also indirect support, for example, from infrastructure built for the public health system. He goes on to examine how semi-private welfare funding is dependent on private provision and how the so-called ‘hidden welfare state’ gradually erodes the visible and former universal welfare state model, in direct contrast to its own stated goals.  Who benefits from privatized welfare? How are the privatization of delivery and the privatization of funding linked? How doesthis impact public willingness to pay tax? All of these questions and more are discussed in this accessible volume.

Table of contents:

1. The Divided Welfare State

2. To Buy Ahead

3. Private Provision and Private Funding

4. State as Sponsor

5. Half-Private Healthcare

6. Half-Private Elderly Care

7. Half-Private Education

8. Relieve or Hollow Out

9. A Farewell to Trust and Tax Willingness

10. A Spiral of Rising Costs

11. A Burden for the Common

12. Rhetoric and Practice

13. The Ambivalent Actors

14. Right or Commodity

15. The Twisted Debate

16. Future Funding of Welfare

17. A Choice Between Two Models

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