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Scandinavian Model: Tools for Success

Scandinavian Model: Tools for Success
From July 2nd to July 7th 2012

How have Scandinavian countries become global leaders in the fields of education, employment, quality of life and economic growth? Teachers and specialists will analyze the Scandinavian model and describe its distinctive features.

This course is intended for concerned citizens, members of NGOs, public office holders, diplomats, journalists and business executives. For students wishing to obtain course credits, this three-credit graduate course is being offered by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences (PLU6903). Undergraduate students may also register under specific conditions.

Information for students wishing to receive course credits.

Among the topics covered:

- Historical and political evolution

- The current state of social policy

- The current state of tax policy

- The organization of the State

- The role of social forces in the establishment of new social policies

- New debates

For further information,
contact Pier-Luc Lévesque,
Coordinator of the Summer School.

Course director:

Henry Milner
Visiting scholar, UdeM
Canada Research Chair in Electoral Studies

Among our guest speakers:

Stéphane Paquin
Professor
International Political Economy
ÉNAP

Axel van den Berg
Professor
Sociology
McGill University

Hugo Séguin
Counselor
Climate change & energy
Équiterre

Kari Marjatta Hoel
First Secretary
Royal Norwegian Embassy





Scandinavian Model: Tools for Success
International Summer Schools 2012
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