Essays about: "welfare state regimes"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 28 essays containing the words welfare state regimes.

  1. 16. 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

  3. 17. 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

  4. 18. Love-marriage and kin-support in India: Ten women's experiences of negative sanctions for entering into a love-marriage.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan

    Author : Kaisa Nylin; [2013]
    Keywords : Welfare regime theory.; India; Kin-support; Love-marriage; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine ten women's experiences of negative sanctions for entering into a love-marriage, especially the negative sanction of reduced kin-support, and in which way this can be perceived to be of significance when it comes to women's capability to manage the challenges experienced in married life. This has been done by applying a qualitative research strategy and conducting semi-structured interviews with ten women living in one slum area of Bangalore. READ MORE

  5. 19. Flexible Workforce: The Political Economy of the Greek Garment Industry in the Era of Neoliberalism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Amadeus Canals; [2013]
    Keywords : working conditions; migrant workers; Neoliberalism; flexible accumulation; garment industry; neoliberal fashion; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This thesis set out to explain the emergence of production units that favour harsh working conditions in the garment industry of Athens. A neo-Marxist political economic approach was used in order to trace the causes of this emergence over the last fifty years and explain the transitional period from Fordism to flexible regimes of accumulation. READ MORE

  6. 20. Stratification and Education: A temporal study of stratification within the education systems of the social democratic welfare regime 1990 and 2013

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Bo Nylander; [2013]
    Keywords : Welfare Regimes; Stratification; Power Resource Theory; Education; Comparative Research; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This paper focuses on the stratification within the education systems of the social-democratic welfare regime. Since 1990 the welfare states and education systems of Denmark, Finland, Norway Sweden has changed significantly. At the same time there has been a decrease in the power of the working class and its allies. READ MORE