NORTHERN MODEL OF SOCIAL-SECURITY

Joakim Palme from Swedish Institut for Social Research of Stockholm Un iversity compares in this article the social security systems in Denma rk, Finland, Norway and Sweden as the Nordic Model with the similar sy stems in other welfare slate regimes. He is describing and analysing t he main aspects of this model, explaining differences among four nordi c countries, so that he could answer three issues: ''What is the Scand inavian model? Why has it emerged? What consequences does it have?'' A fter doing it, he is informing about recent problems connected with sy stem of social security and about the new trends in Sweden economy, th at will affect the development of this system.