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020    9781788212151|qhardcover 
041    eng 
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092 0  306|bengelska 
100 1  Dorling, Daniel|4aut 
245 10 Finntopia :|bwhat we can learn from the world's happiest 
       country /|cDanny Dorling and Annika Koljonen 
264  1 Newcastle upon Tyne :|bAgenda Publishing,|c2020 
300    xx, 299 pages|billustrations, maps|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index 
520 8  The 2019 World Happiness Report ranked Finland, for the 
       second year running, as the world's happiest country. The 
       United States was placed 19th and the UK ranked 15th. The 
       "Nordic Model" has long been touted as the aspiration for 
       social and public policy in Europe and North America, but 
       what is it about Finland that makes the country so 
       successful and seemingly such a great place to live? Danny
       Dorling and Annika Koljonen go in search of some answers. 
       Is it simply the level of government spending on health, 
       education and welfare? Is it that Finland has one of the 
       lowest rates of social inequality and childhood poverty, 
       and highest rates of literacy and education? Finland 
       clearly has problems of its own - for example, a high 
       level of gun ownership and rising rates of suicide - which
       can make Finns sceptical of their ranking, but its 
       consistently high performance across a range of well-being
       indicators does raise fascinating questions, which are 
       explored by the authors. In the quest for the best of all 
       possible societies, Danny Dorling and Annika Koljonen 
       explore what we might learn from Finnish success 
648  7 Since 1981|2fast 
650  0 Quality of life|zFinland 
650  7 Livskvalitet|2sao 
650  7 Sociala förhållanden|2sao 
650  7 Politiska förhållanden|2sao 
650  7 Politics and government.|2fast 
650  7 Quality of life.|2fast 
650  7 Social conditions.|2fast 
651  0 Finland|xSocial conditions|y21st century 
651  0 Finland|xPolitics and government|y1981- 
651  7 Finland|2sao 
651  7 Finland.|2fast 
700 1  Koljonen, Annika|4aut