Rolf Solli is Professor of Management at the University of Borås, Sweden, and also Professor of Public Administration at School of Public Administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses on governing, organizing and management, mostly in the context of the public sector, especially regarding municipalities. Barbara Czarniawska is Senior Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She takes a feminist and constructionist perspective on organizing, recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management, and the organization of integration. She is interested in methodology, especially in techniques of fieldwork and in the application of narratology to organization studies. Peter Demediuk is Course Chair of postgraduate accounting studies at the Victoria University Business School, Melbourne, Australia. He coordinates and teaches doctoral and postgraduate units on research, ethics and sustainability, and performance measurement and management. His research interests include public administration and community engagement; interdisciplinary approaches to performance measurement and management; and sustainability management, measurement and reporting. Dennis Anderson served for ten years (1990–2000) as President of Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, and was previously Professor of Marketing at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He has taught in both management and executive programs throughout his career, and in recognition of his work, he was inducted into McMaster University’s Alumni Gallery and Brandon University’s Alumni Wall of Fame.

• Chapter 1: Searching for welfare North and South.- Chapter 2: Welfare in Canada – now and in 20 years.- Chapter 3: Welfare in the South – in 20 years and now.- Chapter 4: The future welfare in Sweden.- Chapter 5: The welfare state: Will it stay or will it go?

Rolf Solli is Professor of Management at the University of Borås, Sweden, and also Professor of Public Administration at School of Public Administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses on governing, organizing and management, mostly in the context of the public sector, especially regarding municipalities. Barbara Czarniawska is Senior Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She takes a feminist and constructionist perspective on organizing, recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management, and the organization of integration. She is interested in methodology, especially in techniques of fieldwork and in the application of narratology to organization studies. Peter Demediuk is Course Chair of postgraduate accounting studies at the Victoria University Business School, Melbourne, Australia. He coordinates and teaches doctoral and postgraduate units on research, ethics and sustainability, and performance measurement and management. His research interests include public administration and community engagement; interdisciplinary approaches to performance measurement and management; and sustainability management, measurement and reporting. Dennis Anderson served for ten years (1990–2000) as President of Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, and was previously Professor of Marketing at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He has taught in both management and executive programs throughout his career, and in recognition of his work, he was inducted into McMaster University’s Alumni Gallery and Brandon University’s Alumni Wall of Fame.

• Chapter 1: Searching for welfare North and South.- Chapter 2: Welfare in Canada – now and in 20 years.- Chapter 3: Welfare in the South – in 20 years and now.- Chapter 4: The future welfare in Sweden.- Chapter 5: The welfare state: Will it stay or will it go?

Rolf Solli is Professor of Management at the University of Borås, Sweden, and also Professor of Public Administration at School of Public Administration at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden. His research focuses on governing, organizing and management, mostly in the context of the public sector, especially regarding municipalities. Barbara Czarniawska is Senior Professor of Management Studies at GRI, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg, Sweden. She takes a feminist and constructionist perspective on organizing, recently exploring the connections between popular culture and practice of management, and the organization of integration. She is interested in methodology, especially in techniques of fieldwork and in the application of narratology to organization studies. Peter Demediuk is Course Chair of postgraduate accounting studies at the Victoria University Business School, Melbourne, Australia. He coordinates and teaches doctoral and postgraduate units on research, ethics and sustainability, and performance measurement and management. His research interests include public administration and community engagement; interdisciplinary approaches to performance measurement and management; and sustainability management, measurement and reporting. Dennis Anderson served for ten years (1990–2000) as President of Brandon University, Manitoba, Canada, and was previously Professor of Marketing at the University of Manitoba, Canada. He has taught in both management and executive programs throughout his career, and in recognition of his work, he was inducted into McMaster University’s Alumni Gallery and Brandon University’s Alumni Wall of Fame.

• Chapter 1: Searching for welfare North and South.- Chapter 2: Welfare in Canada – now and in 20 years.- Chapter 3: Welfare in the South – in 20 years and now.- Chapter 4: The future welfare in Sweden.- Chapter 5: The welfare state: Will it stay or will it go?