Essays about: "European welfare states"
Showing result 16 - 20 of 52 essays containing the words European welfare states.
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16. LESS IS MORE, OR MORE IS A MUST? A study on how European cross-sectorial social partners navigate when advocating their position on platform work.
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This thesis aims at examining how cross industrial social partners seek legitimacy in a European context; a context defined by a patchwork of welfare regimes where the same kind of actors can come to contradictory solutions to the same problem. In focus are the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and BUSINESSEUROPE (BE), and how they balance between claims on the social good and their own interest as an advocacy group while acting on a labour market, shaped by digitalisation and structural transformation. READ MORE
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17. A ‘social Europe’ for workers? Framing analysis of the posted work debate in the Council (2016-2017)
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : In a context of rising inequalities in the European Union, accompanied by a certain mistrust in the capacity of the European institutions to improve and secure the social conditions of the citizens, the question of ‘social Europe’ is more than ever source of debate and interrogations. Focusing on the revision of the Posting of Workers Directive, proposed by the Commission in 2016, this thesis analyses the way the European Ministers framed this revision and ‘social Europe’ more broadly during the negotiations. READ MORE
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18. Welfare Attitudes, Political Trust and Its Determinants in Sweden
University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Korea is characterized by the state's low responsibility for welfare provision and low political trust, while Sweden exemplifies a welfare state with universal welfare provision and high political trust. These characteristics in Sweden arouse interest in the question of whether political trust is causally linked to welfare attitudes and what factors influence political trust. READ MORE
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19. Universal Welfare State at Stake? The Changing Political Discourse Regarding Inclusive Welfare for Refugees in Sweden
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Sweden has for a long time distinguished itself as a major player among few other generous and inclusive welfare states. The Swedish welfare system is characterised by the universal principles based on the idea that all legitimate inhabitants are eligible for welfare support in order to promote overall solidarity among citizens. READ MORE
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20. The welfare state and individual attitudes towards immigration
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : Why do some people hold anti-immigration sentiments while others do not? Due to the political development of the last decade, this issue has gained a lot of interest. Previous research has shown that welfare state characteristics effects people’s perceived threat of immigration. READ MORE
