1. Bo Gustafsson, “Conflict, confrontation and consensus in modern Swedish history,” in L. Arvedsson (ed.), Economics and Values, Stockholm: Almqvist & Wiksell, 1986.
2. See Gösta Esping-Andersen, “Work, employment and the welfare state: Pattern of welfare state entry” (Berlin: Wissenchaftscentrum, 1985; mimeo).
3. The literature on the “Swedish model” and its inner development is immense. Works of immediate relevance to the present topic include Walter Korpi, The Working Class in Walfare Capitalism: Work Unions and Politics in Sweden. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1978;
4. Ulf Himmelstrand et al., Beyond Welfare Capitalism: Issues, Actors and Forces in Societal Change. London: Heinemann, 1981
5. Gösta Esping-Andersen, Social Class, Social Democracy, and State Policy. New Social Science Monographs E 8, Copenhagen: C.U., 1980. For interesting discussions of the general development, see also Gustafsson, op. cit.; Göran Therborn, “Social-demokratin träder fram,” Arkiv för studier i arbetarrörelsens historia, No. 27–28, pp. 3–71; and Gunnar Olofsson, “Den svenska socialdemokratin — en rörelse mellan klass och stat,” Ibid., pp. 84–96.