Essays about: "welfare chauvinism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words welfare chauvinism.

1. 1. Migration Through the Lens of Welfare Regimes : A Comparative Case Study of Migration Discourses in Sweden and the UK

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

   Author : Meaghan Gordon; [2023]
   Keywords : Sweden; the UK; migration; welfare regime; WPR;

   Abstract : This thesis compares political constructions of migrants across different welfare regime types, based on Esping-Andersen’s (1999) Three worlds of welfare capitalism. Previous comparative research into welfare regimes has not included the Social Democratic regime, leaving a gap to further explore and clarify. READ MORE

3. 2. Welfare state generosity and national identity: A study on institutions

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Wilhelm Hultin; [2023]
   Keywords : Welfare state; welfare state generosity; national identity;

   Abstract : National identity has in a growing field of literature been proposed as a possible tool which, if manipulated, can be used to construct institutions of social justice and particularly a redistributive welfare state. In contrast, decades of welfare state research is largely in consensus that redistributive welfare states were created in response to societal issues such as poverty, emigration and declining fertility rates. READ MORE

4. 3. The differential distributions of grievability in Swedish welfare discourse: A study on welfare chauvinism in the Swedish right wing continuum

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Genusvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Felicia Hägerbäck; [2022]
   Keywords : Welfare chauvinism; right wing politics; discourse analysis; bordering; grievability; välfärdschauvinism; högerpolitik; diskursanalys; gränsdragande; sörjbarhet; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In the context of increasing welfare chauvinism in the Swedish right wing, and a mainstreaming of far right nationalist ideology, it has become increasingly important to analyze the racialized and classed implications of restrictive welfare discourse. Anchored in the feminist, antiracist and postcolonial theoretical field, this thesis analyzes welfare discourse in officially published political texts and budget proposals by three Swedish right wing political parties. READ MORE

5. 4. The Welfare State and Attitudes to Free Movement : How does the design of the social insurance system associate with public attitudes towards free movement in receiving EU countries?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Johan Olofsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Free movement; the welfare state; earnings-relatedness; labor market competition hypothesis; welfare state chauvinism; deservingness; reciprocity;

   Abstract : The EU is faced with problems related to the unrestricted access to national welfare states of mobile EU workers. These problems are mainly framed by the growing opposition to the free movement of workers. The strongest contributing factor to these negative attitudes has commonly said to be actor-based, i.e. READ MORE

6. 5. Does Refugee Migration Make Right-wing Populists More Popular? Evidence from a Swedish Refugee Dispersal Program.

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Viggo Barmen; [2019]
   Keywords : immigration; right-wing populism; natural experiment; Sweden democrats; welfare chauvinism; refugee dispersal reform; contact hypothesis; ethnic competition; group position theory; refugees;

   Abstract : Explaining the rising support for right-wing populist parties in Europe during the last decade is an issue that interests both economists, sociologists and political scientists. A number of theories suggest that the rising inflow of migrants to Europe has had an important causal effect on right-wing populist support. READ MORE