We all have an opinion as to what constitutes a good life. This book takes the arguments a step further by discussing what makes a good society from a variety of perspectives. It emphasizes the need for individual involvement and the right economic conditions. Citizenship is also central for the emerging globalized society.

List of Tables and Figures Notes on the Contributors Introduction What Constitutes a Good Society; B.Greve Welfare, Equality and Efficiency: The Welfare State and the New Individualism; P.Taylor-Gooby Welfare, Equality and Efficiency - In a Danish Perspective; J.Jespersen Welfare, Equality and Efficiency; B.Greve Re-structuring the Welfare State, Re-orienting Welfare Strategies, Re-visioning the Welfare Society; B.Jessop From Macroeconomic to Structural Policy - New Trends in Economic and Industrial Policies in Denmark; K.Nielsen Welfare, Workfare and the Good Society - Reflections on the Offensive, Neo-Statist Workfare Strategy in Denmark; J.Torfing Citizenship and the Welfare State; T.Boje Models of Democratic Governance in a Post-Liberal Society; P.Hirst Associative Democracy: A Post-Liberal Model of Democratic Government?; E.Sorensen Associative Values and Local Governments; P.Bogason Index

BRENT GREVE is Jean Monnet Professor and Head of Social Sciences Department at Roskilde University, Denmark. He is the author of Comparative Welfare Systems: The Scandinavian Model in a Period of Change and Historical Dictionary of the Welfare State.