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100	1		_aChristoffersen, Henrik. _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Good Society _h[electronic resource] : _bA Comparative Study of Denmark and Switzerland / _cby Henrik Christoffersen, Michelle Beyeler, Reiner Eichenberger, Peter Nannestad, Martin Paldam.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg : _bImprint: Springer, _c2014.
300			_aXII, 327 p. 67 illus. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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505	0		_aPreface -- 1 Introduction -- Part I: The Quality of Life in Two Different Good Societies: Denmark and Switzerland -- 2 Two Wealthy Economies and Their Development -- 3 Are the Standards of Living Similar or Dissimilar?- 4 Happiness in Denmark and Switzerland.-  Part II: Two Models of Good Societies -- 5 Two Stylized Economic Models -- 6 Political Institutions and Politics -- 7 Civil Society -- 8 Two Variants of the Welfare State -- 9 Immigration.-  Part III: Challenges for the Two Good Societies -- 10  The Future of the Danish Welfare State -- 11 The Future of the Swiss Welfare State -- 12 Conclusion.
520			_aDenmark and Switzerland are small and successful countries with exceptionally content populations. However, they have very different political institutions and economic models. They have followed the general tendency in the West toward economic convergence, but both countries have managed to stay on top. They both have a strong liberal tradition, but otherwise their economic strategies are a welfare state model for Denmark and a safe haven model for Switzerland. The Danish welfare state is tax-based, while the expenditures for social welfare are insurance-based in Switzerland. The political institutions are a multiparty unicameral system in Denmark, and a permanent coalition system with many referenda and strong local government in Switzerland. Both approaches have managed to ensure smoothly working political power-sharing and economic systems that allocate resources in a fairly efficient way. To date, they have also managed to adapt the economies to changes in the external environment with a combination of stability and flexibility.
650		0	_aEconomics.
650		0	_aQuality of Life.
650		0	_aFinance.
650		0	_aQuality of Life _xResearch.
650	1	4	_aEconomics/Management Science.
650	2	4	_aPublic Finance & Economics.
650	2	4	_aPolitical Economy.
650	2	4	_aQuality of Life Research.
700	1		_aBeyeler, Michelle. _eauthor.
700	1		_aEichenberger, Reiner. _eauthor.
700	1		_aNannestad, Peter. _eauthor.
700	1		_aPaldam, Martin. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783642372377
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-37238-4
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