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We have demonstrated that Switzerland has avoided many of the problems of the welfare state. Is that because Switzerland is a special case, a fortunate accident, a small exception? Hardly so, when one considers that Switzerland is as large as, or larger than, many other European nations, including many welfare states, such as Holland, Belgium, and Norway, where welfarisation and its related social ills have become a serious problem.
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© 1989 Ralph Segalman and David Marsland
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Segalman, R., Marsland, D. (1989). Is Switzerland a Special Case?. In: Cradle to Grave. Studies in Social Revaluation. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19869-6_14
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