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How Nordic is the Nordic model? Social assistance in a comparative perspective
- Authors:
- BRADSHAW J., TERUM L.I.
- Journal article citation:
- Scandinavian Journal of Social Welfare, 6(4), October 1997, pp.247-256.
- Publisher:
- Munksgaard/ Blackwell
Looks at how the Nordic countries are often perceived as representing a special type of welfare state. This article focuses on arrangements directed towards poor and marginalised people, which in most country are social assistance schemes. Argues that it is difficult to distinguish a particular Nordic approach for two reasons. Concludes by identifying an approach towards poor and marginalised people that is common in small, communitarian affluent and homogenous countries.