Essays about: "welfare reform"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 58 essays containing the words welfare reform.

  1. 16. 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. 17. Strength in weakness - A new institutional design perspective on the Swedish Trust Reform

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Julius Bergh; [2019]
    Keywords : Tillitsreformen; Tillitsdelegationen; public management reform; new institutionalism; institutional design.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : To address the problems that had sprung from the detail management of the welfare sector, a result of control in the vein of New Public Management (NPM), the Swedish government commissioned the Trust Delegation (Tillitsdelegationen) to develop a trust-based steering and launched the Trust Reform (Tillitsreformen). As this new reform seeks to remedy the failures of the previous system, this thesis sets out to examine what potential for being successful in this it can be said to have. READ MORE

  4. 18. The minimum living security system in China : -Shanghai as case study

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Zhang Ruowu; [2018]
    Keywords : social welfare; minimum living security; training and development; transparency;

    Abstract : The continuous and rapid economic development of China, has leads to a wide range of discussions and speculations contributing towards the reform of the Chinese social welfare system, particularly the expanding of minimum living security benefits.   This study includes a comprehensive literature review which outlines the content, implications and perceptions for minimum living security in China, The research methodology has been designed in order to highlight the key feedback and perceptions of different local stakeholders in China regarding the current minimum living securities, such as government, tax payers and beneficiaries. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. Governing Unnoticed: Depoliticized Cutbacks on Personal Assistance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hampus Nilsson; [2018]
    Keywords : personal assistance; depoliticization; juridification; rule of law; governance; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For more than a decade, the Swedish personal assistance act has been subject to extensive cutbacks. More and more people have lost assistance whilst fewer are granted allowances. These cutbacks have transpired without any parliamentary decisions limiting the scope of the legislation. READ MORE