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The lobbyists for privatization and semi-privatization find it difficult to convince people of its beneficial effects. Further, as a lobbyist for a divided welfare state, it is very hard to win an argument with the opponent. The result is a twisted debate. A debate that avoids factual matters. A debate that uses the ABCs of lobbying, among other things, by combating fictitious opponents and ignoring the most obvious facts. The chapter gives examples of this kind of debate methods, and it debunks some of the myths that are associated with them. Further, the chapter shows how the quest for privatization and semi-privatization has a long history, even though it has sometimes been said to be a consensus on keeping Swedish healthcare publicly funded.
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Lapidus, J. (2019). The Twisted Debate. In: The Quest for a Divided Welfare State. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-24784-3_15
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