Essays about: "welfare state regimes"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 28 essays containing the words welfare state regimes.

  1. 6. LESS IS MORE, OR MORE IS A MUST? A study on how European cross-sectorial social partners navigate when advocating their position on platform work.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Stina Hamberg; [2018-09-27]
    Keywords : platform work; social partners; ETUC; BUSINESSEUROPE; EU; legitimacy; digitalisation;

    Abstract : This thesis aims at examining how cross industrial social partners seek legitimacy in a European context; a context defined by a patchwork of welfare regimes where the same kind of actors can come to contradictory solutions to the same problem. In focus are the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and BUSINESSEUROPE (BE), and how they balance between claims on the social good and their own interest as an advocacy group while acting on a labour market, shaped by digitalisation and structural transformation. READ MORE

  3. 7. The welfare state and the social rights of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who have reached the age of majority

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Matilda Cadei Fritz; [2018]
    Keywords : Welfare state regimes; Unaccompanied asylum seekers; Social rights; Germany; Sweden;

    Abstract : In recent years, the numbers of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) arriving to Europe have drastically increased. Due to delays in the asylum procedure, many UASC have turned 18 years old before the asylum procedure has ended. READ MORE

  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. Trade union strategies for labor market integration of refugee immigrants in Sweden

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för socialt arbete och psykologi

    Author : Anne Karras; Monika Morina; [2016]
    Keywords : refugee; integration; labor market; trade union; exclusion; empowerment; welfare state;

    Abstract : Sweden’s social and labor policy have been influenced by strong labor movements. The role of trade unions is of significance, when speaking of labor market integration of refugee immigrants. This study aimed to examine how the Swedish Trade Union Confederation, LO, supports integration of refugee immigrants on the Swedish labor market. READ MORE

  6. 10. Social citizenship beyond the nation-state : A qualitative analysis of the European parliamentary debates concerning the development of an EU welfare

    University essay from Södertörns högskola/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskaper

    Author : Maja Tejic; [2016]
    Keywords : citizenship; EU; social policy; labor policy; European parliament;

    Abstract : Welfare and questions regarding social security have historically been a concern of the nation state, but the development of the European Union’s integration project has created a necessity for an international legal framework that covers that specific field. It has been found that international cooperation on welfare issues is not such an easy task, and numerous scholars have given different answers to why this has been the case. READ MORE