Renegotiating the Swedish Social Democratic Settlement: From Pension Fund Socialism to Neoliberalization

TY - JOUR

T1 - Renegotiating the Swedish Social Democratic Settlement

T2 - From Pension Fund Socialism to Neoliberalization

AU - Belfrage, Claes

AU - Ryner, Magnus

PY - 2009/6

Y1 - 2009/6

N2 - Steering a middle course between the strong neoliberalization thesis and arguments that deny that neoliberalization has occurred, this article accounts for the complex and hybridic shift in Sweden from pension reform through share ownership as a socialist strategy to an as-of-yet incomplete and contradictory neoliberal process. Noting the broader significance of Sweden for the international debate over pension reform, the article unpacks the concept of “mass investment culture” to discern the significant headway toward neoliberalization in Swedish pension savings and provision while still noting profound sources of crisis tendencies.

AB - Steering a middle course between the strong neoliberalization thesis and arguments that deny that neoliberalization has occurred, this article accounts for the complex and hybridic shift in Sweden from pension reform through share ownership as a socialist strategy to an as-of-yet incomplete and contradictory neoliberal process. Noting the broader significance of Sweden for the international debate over pension reform, the article unpacks the concept of “mass investment culture” to discern the significant headway toward neoliberalization in Swedish pension savings and provision while still noting profound sources of crisis tendencies.

U2 - 10.1177/0032329209333994

DO - 10.1177/0032329209333994

M3 - Article

SN - 0032-3292

VL - 37

SP - 257

EP - 287

JO - Politics & Society

JF - Politics & Society

IS - 2

M1 - n/a

ER -