Nordic Social Policy Changing Welfare States

1 Introduction: the Nordic welfare states in the 1990s 2 Economic problems, welfare convergence and political instability 3 Changes in age structure, family stability and dependency 4 Cuts in and reform of the Nordic cash benefit systems 5 Universal public social care and health services? 6 Activation policies in the Nordic countries 7 Changes in the social patterning of living conditions 8 Poverty and social exclusion in the Nordic countries 9 The distribution of income in the Nordic countries: changes and causes10 The legitimacy of the Nordic welfare states: trends, variations and cleavages 11 Conclusion: The Nordic model stands stable but on shaky ground