Foreword

Chapter 1 Why Look North? Scrutinising the Danish Way of Governing Societal Challenges

Section I: Economic and Social Equality
Chapter 2 Redistribution, Inequality and Nordic Welfare States: Challenges in a Global World
Chapter 3 Reforming the Ideal(ised) Model(s) of Danish Labour Market Policies
Chapter 4 Innovating Democratic Participation in Social Housing

Section II: Democracy and Participation
Chapter 5 Successive Minority Governments – Yet Cooperation and Policy Reform
Chapter 6 Towards Hybrid Democracy and Interactive Political Leadership

Section III: Public Sector Effectiveness and Efficiency
Chapter 7 The Danish Control-Trust Balance in Public Governance
Chapter 8 Digitalising Denmark: Efficiency versus privacy

Section IV: Climate Change and Biodiversity
Chapter 9 Climate Politics and Renewable Energy in Denmark 1975-2020
Chapter 10 Resilience and Adaptability Capacity in the Danish Agriculture and Food System: Continuity and Change

Section V: Demographic Changes and Immigration
Chapter 11 One of the Best Pension Systems in the World?
Chapter 12 Ensuring Public Health Care and Tackling Growing Expenditures
Chapter 13 From Homogeneity to Diversity: Societal and Political Responses to Immigration
Chapter 14 Public Governance in Denmark – Current Developments and Ways Ahead

Index