The Nordic Welfare State and the Development of Northern Finland
This article provides an overview of the legal regulation involved in building – and dismantling – the Nordic welfare state in Finland. Within this context this article details how legislative reforms have been reflected in the development of Northern Finland, as well as the effects on the Sami popu...
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crbrillap:10.1163/22116427_008010012 2023-05-15T17:42:17+02:00 The Nordic Welfare State and the Development of Northern Finland Niemivuo, Matti Viikari, Lotta 2017 http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/22116427_008010012 https://brill.com/view/journals/yplo/8/1/article-p214_12.xml https://brill.com/downloadpdf/journals/yplo/8/1/article-p214_12.xml unknown Brill The Yearbook of Polar Law Online volume 8, issue 1, page 214-243 ISSN 2211-6427 journal-article 2017 crbrillap https://doi.org/10.1163/22116427_008010012 2022-12-11T12:44:56Z This article provides an overview of the legal regulation involved in building – and dismantling – the Nordic welfare state in Finland. Within this context this article details how legislative reforms have been reflected in the development of Northern Finland, as well as the effects on the Sami population and a comparison between Nordic countries. The Nordic welfare state was implemented in Finland primarily through parliamentary legislation. Human and fundamental rights played no role in the process of building the welfare state. The beginning of the 1990s marked the end of what had been massive build-up of the public sector. Over the last 20 years or so we have seen cutbacks in municipal services such as schools, healthcare centres, and social services. The future of municipal government in Finland looks very different than it did when the welfare state was being created. We may well be facing a bleak future with weaker municipalities, fewer public services, less state funding for municipalities, less manoeuvring space in relation to the state, and more privatisations. Wise structural reforms might be the way ahead if we want to create functional regional and local governance and thus to guarantee the future of the Nordic welfare state in Finland. Article in Journal/Newspaper Northern Finland sami Yearbook of Polar Law Brill (via Crossref) The Yearbook of Polar Law Online 8 1 214 243 |
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This article provides an overview of the legal regulation involved in building – and dismantling – the Nordic welfare state in Finland. Within this context this article details how legislative reforms have been reflected in the development of Northern Finland, as well as the effects on the Sami population and a comparison between Nordic countries. The Nordic welfare state was implemented in Finland primarily through parliamentary legislation. Human and fundamental rights played no role in the process of building the welfare state. The beginning of the 1990s marked the end of what had been massive build-up of the public sector. Over the last 20 years or so we have seen cutbacks in municipal services such as schools, healthcare centres, and social services. The future of municipal government in Finland looks very different than it did when the welfare state was being created. We may well be facing a bleak future with weaker municipalities, fewer public services, less state funding for municipalities, less manoeuvring space in relation to the state, and more privatisations. Wise structural reforms might be the way ahead if we want to create functional regional and local governance and thus to guarantee the future of the Nordic welfare state in Finland. |
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