The politics of purpose: Swedish economic policy after the golden age

Comparative Politics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages

  Lindvall, Johannes ^a  

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DOI: 10.2307/20433997     Document Type: Review

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27. See Blyth, "The Transformation of the Swedish Model," p. 3.
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29. Jonas Pontusson, The Limits of Social Democracy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1992), pp. 59-68.
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37. See Rawi Abdelal, National Purpose in the World Economy (Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 2001), pp. 26, 39ff.
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49. See Government Bill 1974:1, p. 3.
50. Government Bill 1974:25, p. 3.
51. See Government Bill 1975:1, pp. 2, 16, 23.
52. Interview with Kjell-Olof Feldt
53. See Notermans, pp. 163, 195; Huber and Stephens, pp. 101f.
54. See Lars Magnusson, Sveriges ekonomiska historia (Stockhohn: Prisma, 2002), pp. 473ff;
55. Hugh Heclo and Henrik Madsen, Policy and Politics in Sweden (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987), pp. 54ff.
56. See Lars Calmfors, "Wage Formation and Maeroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries: A Sunmmry," in Lars Calmfors, ed., Wage Formation and Macroeconomic Policy in the Nordic Countries (Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 1990), pp. 11f.
57. See, for example, Iversen, pp. 120-51, Moene and Wallerstein, pp. 259f.
58. Data provided by the Swedish National Institute of Economic Research (Konjunkturinstitutet).
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62. Asta Bergström, Åtstramning och expansion: Den ekonomiskapoMken i Sverige J971-J982 (Lund: Lund University Press, 1995), ch. 4.
63. Interview with Nils G. Asling.
64. Cecilia Garme, Newcomers toPmver (Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis, 2001), pp. 135f.
65. See Timothy Tilton, The Political Theory of Swedish Social Democracy (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990), p. 177;
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67. Interview with Thorbjörn Fälldin.
68. Interview with Sten Westerberg.
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70. See Government Bill 1982/83:50, pp. 16f.
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73. See Blyth, Great Transformations, pp. 139-47
74. Brian Snowdon, Howard R. Vane, and Peter Wynarczyk, A Modern Guide to Macroeconomics (Aldershot: Edward Elgar, 1994).
75. See Marcussen, pp. 184ff.; James M. Boughton, The Silent Revolution (Washington, D.C.: IMF, 2001 ), p. 3.
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78. OECD, Economic Survey: Sweden (Paris: OECD, 1980), p. 58.
79. These conclusions are based on an analysis of all articles on macroeconomics in Ekonomisk debatt. the journal of the Swedish Economics Association.
80. See Assar Lindbeck, "Måller traditionell keynesianism?," Ekonormik Debatt. 10 (1982).
81. Interview with Assar Lindbeck.
82. See Blyth "The Transformation of the Swedish Model";
83. Villy Bergström, "Finansplanen och den ekonomiska politiken" in Villy Bergström, ed., Varfror överge den svenska modellen? (Stockholm: Tiden, 1993).
84. Interview with Bengt Rydén. Cf. Ragnar Bentzel et al., Stabiliseringspolitik for 80-talet (Stockholm: SNS Förlag, 1980), p. 92.
85. See Government Bill 1980/81:150, pp. 4ff.
86. Interview with Rolf Wirtén.
87. ibid.
88. Interview with KJas Eklund.
89. Interview with Erik Asbrink.
90. Erik Åsbrink, "Big Bang, hårdvalutapolitik och consensus," in the archives of the Central Bank of Sweden, vol. FIA:245 (Stockholm, 1982), p. 12.
91. Anders Mellboum, Bortom del starka samhället (Stockhohn: Carlsson, 1986), p. 20.
92. See Government Bill 1990/91:50, p. 4; Govenment Bill 1991/92:38, pp. 8, 12.
93. Government Bill 1990/91:50, p. 1.
94. Government Bill 1990/91:100, p. 17.
95. Interview with Allan Larsson. See also Allan Larsson, Klarspråk om Sveriges ekonomi (Stockholm: Tiden, 1991), pp. 23ff.
96. Interview with Ingvar Carlsson.
97. See Larsson, pp. 27ff.
98. See, for example. Government Bill 1993/94:150, pp. 29-35; Government Bill 1994/95:61.
99. See Bo Rothstein, Den socialdemokratiska staten (Lund: Arkiv, 1986), pp. 17, 82ff.
100. The overview is based on Bo Lindensjö and Ulf P. Lundgren, Utbildningsreformer och politisk styrning (Stockholm: HLS förlag, 2000);
101. Ulf Schüllerqvist, "Förskjutningen av svensk skolpolitisk debatt under det senaste decenniet," in Tomas Englund, ed., Utbildningspolitiskt systemskifte? (Stockholm: HLS, 1996), pp. 44-106.
102. Lindensjö and Landgren, pp. 116, 128.
103. The overview is based on Joakim Palme and Irene Wennemo, Swedish Social Security in the 1990s (Stockholm: Socialdepartementet, 1998);
104. Jenny Andersson, "Mellan tillväxt och trygghet" (Ph.D. diss., Uppsala University, 2003);
105. Lotta Vahlne Westerhäll, Den starka statens fall? (Stockholm: Norstedts Juridik, 2002).
106. Thord Strömberg, "Bostadspolitik: En historisk parentes," in Anders Lindbom, ed., Den nya bostadspolitiken (Umeå: Boréa, 2001), p. 44.
107. The overview is also based on Mats Benner, The Politics of Growth (Lund: Arkiv, 1997);
108. Ulf Olsson, "Planning in the Swedish Welfare State," Studies in Political Economy, 34 (1991), 147-71.
109. See Government Bill 1982/83:50, p. 26.
110. See, for example, Government Bill 1991/92:38, p. 5.
111. See Kjell-Olof Feldt, Alla dessa dagar... (Stockholm: Norstedts, 1991), p. 410.
112. See Kurzer, p. 22.
113. Interview with Lars Wohlin.
114. See Ingebritsen.
115. See Jakob Gustavsson, The Politics of Foreign Policy Change (Lund: Lund University Press, 1998).
116. Elmer Eric Schattschneider, The Semisavereign People (Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace, 1975), p. 133.