Preface -- Introduction -- Sweden -- I Historical synopsis -- II Resources and clienteles: descriptions -- III Achievements and shortcomings: evaluations -- IV Correlates and causes: explanations -- V The crisis of and prospects for the welfare state -- Norway -- I Historical synopsis -- II Resources and clienteles: descriptions -- III Achievements and shortcomings : evaluations -- IV Correlates and causes: explanations -- V Recent developments and policy options: towards a new format of the welfare state -- Finland -- I Historical synopsis
II Resources and clienteles: descriptionsIII Achievements and shortcomings: evaluations -- IV Correlates and causes: explanations -- V Present problems and policy choices: the welfare state at the crossroads -- Denmark -- I Historical synopsis -- II Resources and clienteles: descriptions -- III Achievements and shortcomings: evaluations -- IV Correlates and causes: explanations -- V Recent developments and policy choices: adjustment or crisis of the welfare state? -- Authors? biographical sketches