Pekka Kosonen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4174441 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pekka Kosonen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Pekka |
| FAMILY NAME | Kosonen |
| SIGNATURE | KOSONEN P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Helsinki |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Dølvik, Jon Erik, Tone Fløtten, Jon M. Hippe & Bård Jordfald (2014)
Dolvik, Jon Erik, Tone Flotten, Jon M. Hippe & Bard Jordfald (2014): Nordic Model Towards 2030. A New Chapter? Fafo-rapport 2014:16.1The Nordic model seems to be a familiar and well-defined concept today, yet we can find diverse interpretations of this famous model. For many, it refers to some kind of normative and idealized picture of a good society, uniting economic efficiency and social equity in the best possible way. For some scholars and po…
Reports on Globalization
International audience
Globalization and the Nordic Welfare States
In comparative welfare state research, the Nordic countries have often been treated as a distinctive group. During the golden age of capitalism and into the 1980s, they were counted among the most developed and successful welfare states. However, in the 1990s these countries, and in particular Finland and Sweden, faced severe economic and social problems, and welfare arrangements were claimed to be a part of these problems. In this chapter, these…
European Welfare State Models
National welfare state models in the face of European integration
It could be argued that the idea’of the welfare state is particularly European, although it is more difficult to specify this idea. Historical sociologists seem to conclude that there is no such thing as the idea of the welfare state; rather there are a host of versions incorporating different types of institutional arrangement (Alber 1988: 452). Thus, the welfare state should be treated historically, i.e. as a response to the process of industri…
Contemporary Capitalism and the Critique of Political Economy
Recent changes in capitalism, especially the increasing role of the state, have brought up the question of the relationship of these changes to the general theory of capitalism. This also applies to a theory such as Marx's critique of political economy. The critique of political economy can be viewed as a theory which exposes the basic nature of the capitalist mode of production: it is the theory of a specific - the capitalist - social formation.…
European Welfare State Models
Contemporary Capitalism and the Critique of Political Economy
Recent changes in capitalism, especially the increasing role of the state, have brought up the question of the relationship of these changes to the general theory of capitalism. This also applies to a theory such as Marx's critique of political economy. The critique of political economy can be viewed as a theory which exposes the basic nature of the capitalist mode of production: it is the theory of a specific - the capitalist - social formation.…
Contemporary Capitalism and the Critique of Political Economy
Recent changes in capitalism, especially the increasing role of the state, have brought up the question of the relationship of these changes to the general theory of capitalism. This also applies to a theory such as Marx's critique of political economy. The critique of political economy can be viewed as a theory which exposes the basic nature of the capitalist mode of production: it is the theory of a specific - the capitalist - social formation.…
National welfare state models in the face of European integration
It could be argued that the idea’of the welfare state is particularly European, although it is more difficult to specify this idea. Historical sociologists seem to conclude that there is no such thing as the idea of the welfare state; rather there are a host of versions incorporating different types of institutional arrangement (Alber 1988: 452). Thus, the welfare state should be treated historically, i.e. as a response to the process of industri…
European Welfare State Models
Globalization and the Nordic Welfare States
In comparative welfare state research, the Nordic countries have often been treated as a distinctive group. During the golden age of capitalism and into the 1980s, they were counted among the most developed and successful welfare states. However, in the 1990s these countries, and in particular Finland and Sweden, faced severe economic and social problems, and welfare arrangements were claimed to be a part of these problems. In this chapter, these…
Reports on Globalization
International audience
Dølvik, Jon Erik, Tone Fløtten, Jon M. Hippe & Bård Jordfald (2014)
Dolvik, Jon Erik, Tone Flotten, Jon M. Hippe & Bard Jordfald (2014): Nordic Model Towards 2030. A New Chapter? Fafo-rapport 2014:16.1The Nordic model seems to be a familiar and well-defined concept today, yet we can find diverse interpretations of this famous model. For many, it refers to some kind of normative and idealized picture of a good society, uniting economic efficiency and social equity in the best possible way. For some scholars and po…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Politics (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works) · State (computer science (3 works) · Welfare state (3 works)