Essays about: "retrenchment"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 13 essays containing the word retrenchment.

  1. 6. Can Changes to Tax Policy Have an Impact on a Shrinking Middle Class? : An explorative and comparative case study of changes to tax policy in Sweden and the United States

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Karen Ramirez; [2019]
    Keywords : the middle class; tax policy; taxation reform; policy dilemma; OECD; welfare states; systemic retrenchment; blame avoidance; paradox of redistribution; coalition building; social investment; income inequality; Sweden; United States;

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  3. 7. Comparative British Welfare Policy between 2007 and 2015: Transformation or more of the same?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Liam Smith; [2018]
    Keywords : welfare; social security; UK; Labour; Coalition; retrenchment;

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  4. 8. Pension Reform in Continental Europe : A comparative study of pension reform in Germany and France during the years ofausterity 1990-2010.

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Per Grönroos (fd. Johansson); [2018]
    Keywords : Political science; pension policy; institutionalism; Germany; France; Europe; conservative welfare states; continental welfare states; retrenchment; comparative; welfare state regimes; Gerhard Schröder; Alain Juppé; unions; Bismarckian welfare states; veto player; reform capacity; Statsvetenskap; pensionspolitik; institutionalism; Tyskland; Frankrike; Europa; konservativa välfärdsstater; kontinentala välfärdstater; åtstramningspolitik; komparativ; välfärdsregimer; Gerhard Schröder; Alain Juppé; fackförbund; vetospelare; reformkapacitet;

    Abstract : As demographic and economic contexts have shifted, the need for pension systems to reform has increased. Often, however, these systems have proved difficult to change – especially in continental Europe. READ MORE

  5. 9. Struggling with Technology; A critical investigation of the role of the information and communication technology-sector in Stockholm’s regional development

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi

    Author : Oscar Helleday Melander; [2018]
    Keywords : Stockholm; Kista; Ericsson; Entrepreneurialization; Entrepreneurialization of the self; Financialization; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the role of the local ICT-sector in Stockholm’s regional development over the last four decades. The inquiry is motivated, on the one hand, by economic polarization in the region and, on the other hand, by the increasing centrality of technical innovation in the region’s development over the last decades. READ MORE

  6. 10. Reforming the Nordic Model: A study of labor market policies in social-democratic welfare state regime 1980-2015

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Kateryna Plaskonis; [2015]
    Keywords : The Nordic model; Labor Market Policies; Path Dependency; Partisanship; The Comparative Historical Analysis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on labor market policies across countries belonging to the social-democratic welfare state regime. Since 1980 Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden have undergone a number of reforms and modifications within labor market, which identify the shift from traditional politics of expansion towards what many refer to as welfare retrenchment or restructuring. READ MORE