Essays about: "Welfare state regimes"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 28 essays containing the words Welfare state regimes.

  1. 21. Working and Mothering in Sweden and Ukraine. The case of lone mothers.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

    Author : Oleksandra Tarkhanova; [2011]
    Keywords : Social Welfare; Sweden; Ukraine; Lone Mothers; Working and Mothering Reconciliation.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis discusses social welfare systems in Ukraine and in Sweden with focus on working and mothering reconciliation for the category of lone mothers. The theories applied in the thesis include welfare and care regimes, citizenship perspective, care culture and care packaging. READ MORE

  3. 22. Patterns of Education Level on Childcare: The case of France & US

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Roujman Shahbazian; [2010]
    Keywords : welfare state regimes; degree of substitutability; childcare; Parental education; time with children; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Using Multinational Time Use Study data from France and US, the effect of parental educational level on time spent with children is analyzed. Regressions in which the depent variables are the minutes used in total childcare, household work, leisure, basic childcare, educational childcare and recreational childcare are estimated. READ MORE

  4. 23. The Social Democratic Welfare State in a Neo-Liberal Context, does it Fly? - On Social Policy Convergence.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Johannes Carlberg; [2008]
    Keywords : Social Policy Convergence; Neo-liberalism; Social Democracy; Globalization; Lisbon Strategy; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis is a theory-testing analysis of the free-market commercial neo-liberal welfare-regime convergence hypothesis, stating that welfare regimes in a globalized international economy will converge towards the liberal welfare regime. Given the structural settings of the EU context, the cases of Denmark, Finland and Sweden, i.e. READ MORE

  5. 24. Developing countries and emergency safeguard measures in world trade law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Carl-Owe Olsson; [2006]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Before going into details and regulations behind the safeguard measures it's important to understand the basic starting point. The members of WTO all agree to have tariffs at a certain level and the member countries are prohibited to raise the tariffs above this level. This makes the system predictable&semic every one knows the tariff levels. READ MORE

  6. 25. A Study of the CFC-Legislation in the United States and Its Compatibility With International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Maria Blomstrand; [2005]
    Keywords : Skatterätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Globalization and the deregulation of currencies have had a negative impact on the domestic tax systems of states and the tax bases on which these rely. Tax policies of sovereign states have, historically, been the means of maintaining a high standard of public services why reduced tax bases could arguably be a threat to the welfare state. READ MORE