Essays about: "liberal welfare regime"

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

  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

  2. 2. 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

  3. 3. The Road Towards a Dissertation : A comparative study of working regulations for PhD students in Sweden and the United Kingdom

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Ella Brodin; [2014]
    Keywords : Higher education; PhD students; labour law; gender studies; doctoral studies; political science; policy analysis; Sweden; United Kingdom; welfare regime; social democracy; Högre utbildning; doktorander; arbetsrätt; genusvetenskap; doktorandutbildning; statskunskap; statsvetenskap; policyanalys; Sverige; Storbritannien; välfärdsregimer; socialdemokrati; liberalism;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to investigate the differences between the working regulations for doctoral students at British and Swedish universities. Through a policy analysis of university and policy documents, laws and other regulations, the main differences are mapped out. READ MORE

  4. 4. Do Capitalist Welfare States Still Consist of ”The Good, the Bad and the Ugly?” Revisiting Esping-Andersen’s “Three Worlds” Studying Welfare Regimes of the 21st Century.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Linda Talme; [2014]
    Keywords : welfare-state regimes; Esping-Andersen; welfare states; de-commodification; stratification; reproduction; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis aims to reproduce the study Esping-Andersen conducted in the seminal work “The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism” (1990) in a 21st century context. The study conducted in “Three Worlds” discovered that welfare states tended to cluster around three welfare-state regimes: social democratic, conservative and liberal. READ MORE

  5. 5. Business Method Patents in the US and Europe – Diverging Policies and their Effect on Competition

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Siri Swedborg; [2013]
    Keywords : immaterialrätt; komparativ rätt; affärsmetoder; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The patentability of business methods has been debated over a long period of time, nevertheless the exact requirements for a business method to be patent eligible and their interpretation remain unclear both in the US and Europe. Although the patent eligibility of business methods has not been an obvious matter in the US, the US courts and the US patent office has chosen to adopt a quite liberal stance towards this type of patents. READ MORE