The Swedish Model: What, why and whereto? Lars Niklasson, Associate Professor Political Science Linköping University, Sweden

 Collective bargaining since 1928  Welfare for work (”Arbetslinjen”) since the 1950s (?)  A welfare state since the 1970s (?)  A ”high tax equilibrium”: high taxes and high quality (?)  ”Good government” generates trust in government?  Reforms since the 1990s  A new ”supermodel” (The Economist, February 2013) What is the Swedish Model?

 The roots: from the Vikings to the present days   The effects: quality of life and competitive advantage?  (Better than the alternatives?)  The logic: self-supporting trust (”equilibrium”)  (Only in Sweden?)  Operations: central/local, fragmented/coordinated  Whereto? Europeanization, globalization Topics of the course

 After completion of the course, the student should…  …be able to show a fundamental knowledge of the origins and structure of the Swedish government and the Swedish social system  …have the capacity to deal with the many myths concerning Sweden and Swedish society The ambition of the course

 Introduction to StatebuildingLars Niklasson  Swedish history to 1600Sofia Gustafsson  Swedish history Henrik Ågren  Swedish history Björn Ivarsson Lilieblad  Good government from 1850Lars Niklasson  The early politics of the WSElin Wihlborg  Seminar on the literature  Seminar on individual papers 1: The roots of the Swedish Model

 Introduction to politicsLars Niklasson  Education and trainingLars Niklasson  Governance & privatizationBo Persson  Legitimacy & efficiencyLars Niklasson  Drivers of changeElin Wihlborg  Seminar on the literature  Seminar on individual papers 2: The Swedish Welfare System

 Active participation at the seminars  Questions on the literature will be provided  Submit and defend a short individual paper  1,000-1,500 words  A topic related to the course  A question and a short analysis  Only few extra sources (use the literature)  Collaboration is encouraged  High grades for clarity and creativity Course requirements

 A history compendium  Articles by Bo Rothstein et al  Quality of Government Institute, Gothenburg  Morel, Palier & Palme 2012: Towards a Social Investment Welfare State? Ideas, Policies and Challenges, Bristol: The Policy Press  Articles from Oxford Handbook on Swedish Politics (forthcoming)  Articles on higher education policy The literature

 States are different  Nordic, Anglo-Saxon, German, French, Asian etc.  Parliaments, governments, bureaucracies etc.  Comparison helps us understand and see causalitys  The historical process helps explain present variety  What was before states?  Why have they dominated from 1648?  How were patterns formed? 1. Introduction to Statebuilding

 Estates (the nobility) vs absolutist kings  Strong peasants or towns (Not West/East)  A military state vs separation  ”Corruption” until 1870s vs 1730s  The legal systems, university education  Gradual shift from conservatism to corporatism vs radical break and strong liberalism (by the farmers)  S: Protectionism, administrative corp., social corp. (statism)  D: Radical break , farmers and towns, little corporatism  More private providers in the Danish WS, less paternalism Sweden and Denmark: Different paths and outcomes

 What are ”western” and ”eastern” patterns?  How do Sweden and Denmark fit these patterns?  Sweden’s bureaucracy was more corrupt for a longer time than Denmark’s; How? Why?  What were the important steps in Sweden’s ”road to mass politics”? How did it differ from Denmark’s?  How did the popular movements differ?  Can we see differences in the welfare states? (1993)  (Why is Sweden more similar to Denmark now? A new path?) Knudsen & Rothstein 1993: State-building in Scandinavia