Work in progress – Please do not quote without permission of the authors! New Models of Participation in Nordic Welfare States: Can they also include groups at the margins of society? Håkan Johansson & Bjørn Hvinden Contact details: Håkan Johansson, Dr., Associate Professor, School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Växjö University, SE-351 95 Växjö, Sweden, E-mail: Hakan.Johansson@vxu.se Bjørn Hvinden, Dr., Professor, Head of Research, Leader of NCoE Welfare REASSESS, NOVA Norwegian Social Research, P O Box 3223, Elisenberg, NO-0208 Oslo, Norway, E-mail: bjorn.hvinden@nova.no ; Paper for the Mid-Term Conference of the NCoE Welfare, ‘Reassessing the Nordic Welfare Model’, May 18-20, Oslo, Norway (www.reassess.no)