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The Good Apartment: The Social (Democratic) Construction of Swedish Homes
In Swedish history, the decades of social democratic rule (1932–76) are a subject of controversial debate. Despite impressive quantitative results in the area of housing, the social democratic policy has been interpreted in terms like “the oppression of benevolence.” The author objects to such a one-sided view of this policy. He acknowledges that there developed in Sweden a fairly unique kind of “consumption regime”—not least in the area of building construction—but argues that this was a complex regime in which not only the government and its ministries had a say. A number of other mediators contributed to the social construction of about one million apartments: cooperatives, engineering and architecture associations, and private companies. The outcome of this collaboration was a high degree of standardization and uniformity—for better or worse.
The Good Apartment: The Social (Democratic) Construction of Swedish Homes
In Swedish history, the decades of social democratic rule (1932–76) are a subject of controversial debate. Despite impressive quantitative results in the area of housing, the social democratic policy has been interpreted in terms like “the oppression of benevolence.” The author objects to such a one-sided view of this policy. He acknowledges that there developed in Sweden a fairly unique kind of “consumption regime”—not least in the area of building construction—but argues that this was a complex regime in which not only the government and its ministries had a say. A number of other mediators contributed to the social construction of about one million apartments: cooperatives, engineering and architecture associations, and private companies. The outcome of this collaboration was a high degree of standardization and uniformity—for better or worse.
The Good Apartment: The Social (Democratic) Construction of Swedish Homes
Hård, Mikael (author)
Home Cultures ; 7 ; 117-133
2010-07-01
17 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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