Essays about: "Welfare State"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 349 essays containing the words Welfare State.

1. 11. Who fills the income protection gap? : An empirical analysis of the development of complementary unemployment insurance in Sweden  

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Karin Meiton; [2023]
   Keywords : unemployment insurance; unemployment risk; income protection; occupational welfare; Sweden; social policy analysis.;

   Abstract : The Swedish welfare state is often conceived as a universal and encompassing welfare state. However, research has shown significant contractions of coverage and benefit levels in several Swedish welfare programs in the last 20 years. One such program is the unemployment insurance. READ MORE

3. 12. The Spanish migration model : A comparative case study in La Coruña

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/REMESO - Institutet för forskning om Migration, Etnicitet och Samhälle; Linköpings universitet/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Willem van der Ende; [2023]
   Keywords : Spanish migration model; La Coruña; Favoritism; Mauropobia; Migration in the local context; Comparitive case study; Migration trajectories; Welfare state; Labour market;

   Abstract : Spain has an intricate relationship with their previous colonies. Relationships built up through centuries of intermingling have resulted in favourable integration trajectories for migrants from previous colonies in comparison with migrants from other countries. READ MORE

4. 13. The role of age for the relationship between unemployment and well-being : A comparative study across different welfare state regimes

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

   Author : Arezo Rezvani; [2023]
   Keywords : Unemployment; social exclusion; well-being; happiness; welfare regimes; gender regimes; gender roles; Arbetslöshet; social exkludering; välbefinnande; lycka; välfärdsregimer; könsregimer; könsroller;

   Abstract : ABSTRACT  Aims:  While the relationship between unemployment and well-being is widely acknowledged, there has been little exploration of its consequences for older workers. It is also less clear whether this relationship differs between welfare states characterized by varying levels of social protection for the unemployed. READ MORE

5. 14. Economic and Sociological Factors of Deaths of Despair in Sweden and Norway: A Regional Panel Data Approach

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Loise Hedberg; [2023]
   Keywords : Panel Data; Suicide; Substance Abuse; Educational Status; Welfare State;

   Abstract : I employ a descriptive study design to examine the relationship between the rate of deaths of despair and higher education, unemployment, gross regional product per capita, divorce, and sex ratios. Aggregate regional data is used. A first analysis is performed in Sweden across age and sex groups. READ MORE

6. 15. Discursive Shift on Migration Policy in Swedish Politics and Press Media : A Critical Look at Securitization of Migration in Sweden

   University essay from

   Author : Gözde Orhan Gül; [2023]
   Keywords : Refugee crises; migration; a welfare state; discourse analysis; securitization; CDA ; discursive shifts; social constructivism; Flyktingkriser; migration; en välfärdsstat; diskursanalys; värdepapperisering; CDA ; diskursiva skiftningar; socialkonstruktivism.;

   Abstract : The refugeecrisis was a turning point in Swedish exceptionalism a discursive shift has somehowoccurred within the Swedish policy debate and mainstream media whereby the '(im)migrant' isconstructed as a potential security threat. To achieve the goal of the 'security' concerns of thisthesis, a theoretical framework of the social constructivist perspective is to assess howsecuritization is discursively constructed within discursive power relations among differentsocietal actors an d to understand identifying conditions that potentially have enabled this shift. READ MORE