Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of figures -- List of contributors -- Introduction -- The politics of social rights -- Social rights, equalities and inclusions -- Social rights and the market -- Acknowledgements -- References -- PART I: The politics of social rights -- 1. The short and insignificant history of social rights discourse in the Nordic welfare states -- Introduction -- The creation of modern social security schemes in Sweden and Finland: the absence of social rights discourse -- The emergence of explicit social rights discourse -- Explicit social rights discourse: A sign of "hyper-constitutionalization"? -- Conclusions: social rights discourse- so what? -- References -- 2. The Norwegian welfare state and social rights -- Introduction -- Rights and the welfare state in the longue durée -- The welfare state in neoliberal times -- Contemporary social rights: problem or panacea? -- Conclusion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Unemployment and the obligatory dimension of social rights -- Introduction -- Beveridge and Marshall -- Social rights and responsibilities: "Third Way" thinking and neoliberalism -- Workfare in Britain: transforming social rights and obligations -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- PART II: Social rights, equalities, and inclusions -- 4. Social rights and equality: from universal formalism to individualized conditionality -- Introduction -- Marshall and equality in the early (post-war) welfare state -- Equality as sufficientarism -- Equal opportunities and the social right to education -- A hyphenated society -- Equality of welfare -- Equality and social rights in the "social investment state"--Esping-Andersen: fair equality of opportunity and the social right to childcare -- Giddens and "the new egalitarianism"--Rosanvallon's "society of equals" -- Conclusion