Essays about: "Welfare State"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 349 essays containing the words Welfare State.

1. 16. 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

3. 17. Conviviality and Conscience: How Degrowth and Abolition Theory Critique and Re-envision Welfare States

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

   Author : Jillian Fields-Hirschler; [2023]
   Keywords : Abolition; Degrowth; Anti-capitalism; Post-growth; Welfare Critique; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abolition theory and degrowth theory address important issues in the social-political world. An emergent discipline (in academia), abolition theory carefully dissects the ideological and historical underpinnings of the current system of police and prisons in the United States. It offers a systematic critique of their impact. READ MORE

4. 18. Access to e-health in Swedish healthcare programs for psychological health problems

   University essay from Högskolan i Skövde/Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper

   Author : Sajid Ali Khan; [2023]
   Keywords : iCBT; e-health; psychological health problems; Swedish healthcare system; Equality; iKBT; e--hälsa; Psykiska hälsoproblem; svensk hälso-och sjukvården; Jämlikhet;

   Abstract : Background: One of society's most pressing social challenges is the state of people's psychological health. Healthcare institutions have adopted e-health due to the noticeable rise in psychological health issues and growing societal reliance on digital technologies. READ MORE

5. 19. The Framing of Affordability within Ireland’s Housing Discourse : Analysis of the Negotiated Process of Narrative Struggles within the Framing of Affordability within Housing Discourse

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)

   Author : Neil Dunne; [2023]
   Keywords : Affordability; Affordable Housing; Housing Affordability; Housing Policy; Social Constructionism; Narrative; Housing Regimes; Commodification; Decommodification; Welfare Provision;

   Abstract : After the 2008 Global Financial Crash, Ireland’s neoliberal housing policy turned again to housing financialisation as focus lay upon the attraction of corporate investors in order to revive the housing market. The result was a swift return to housing price rises but this came with ever growing homelessness and housing precarity as REITs and other corporate investors' influence on the housing market grew. READ MORE

6. 20. Denmark – a just and carefull transition?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Nina Axelsen; [2023]
   Keywords : Just transition; Denmark; Queer ecofeminist; Feminist Marxism; Content analysis.; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Efforts to address climate change through a just transition are critical, as they not only mitigate environmental impacts but also provide an opportunity to rectify existing societal inequalities. This study examines Denmark as a highly developed economy with an advanced welfare state to identify potential gaps and untapped potential in its green transition. READ MORE