Essays about: "welfare state regimes"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 28 essays containing the words welfare state regimes.

  1. 11. Beyond economic growth: The new Integrated National Care System in Uruguay, a step to where?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Mercedes Altuna Michelini; [2016]
    Keywords : Uruguay; welfare regimes; social policy; care System; development; regímenes de bienestar; política social; Sistema de cuidados; desarrollo.; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Uruguay is facing a care crisis due to low birth rates, the increase in life expectancy and the inclusion of women in the labor market. Between 2010 and 2012 the official discussions about the creation of a new Integrated National System of Care social policy reform were carried out. READ MORE

  3. 12. The Paradox of Redistribution: A System Dynamics Translation

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : David Collste; [2015]
    Keywords : Inequality; endogenous point of view; system dynamics; paradox of redistribution; poverty; inequality; system dynamics translation; welfare state regimes; social insurance; convergence; divergence;

    Abstract : Inequality has received renewed attention in the public as well as in the academic debate. According to one theory, the development of redistribution and inequality reflects the institutional design of the social insurances. READ MORE

  4. 13. Trust, Inequality and Welfare State Regimes: the cases of Brazil and Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Development Studies

    Author : Marina Salomão de Freitas Assunção de Carvalho; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The main purpose of this dissertation is to analyze how the levels of equality and trust influenced the development of different Welfare State Regimes in Brazil and Sweden (see Esping-Andersen 1990). In order to show the relationship between inequality and trust, the dissertation utilizes Jordahl’s (2007) mechanisms which posteriorly will be related to the specific historical contexts of both countries, as well as to the current challenges faced by them. READ MORE

  5. 14. The Aid Trap - A theory developing study of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Isabelle Rothstein; [2014]
    Keywords : Cambodia; aid dependence; post-conflictual; aid trap; foreign aid; bottom billion; theory development; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this theory developing study is to develop Paul Collier’s (2007) theory of development traps by considering the possibility of adding a fifth trap, the aid trap. This will be conducted through in depth analyses of the impact of foreign aid in post-conflictual Cambodia. READ MORE

  6. 15. Ageing, health inequalities and welfare state regimes – a multilevel analysis

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

    Author : Björn Högberg; [2014]
    Keywords : health inequalities; social gradient in health; ageing; active ageing; welfare state; welfare state regimes;

    Abstract : The paper studies class inequalities in health over the ageing process in a comparative perspective. It investigates if health inequalities among the elderly vary between European welfare state regimes, and if this variation is age-dependent. READ MORE