Essays about: "welfare state retrenchment"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words welfare state retrenchment.

1. 1. Social Policy from Above? : Europeanisation of Swedish Social Policy 1990-2019

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Jakob Strigén; [2023]
   Keywords : Social policy change; social policy; Europeanisation; welfare state; unemployment policy; family policy; process tracing;

   Abstract : At the same time as the European Union’s (EU) influence has grown, path-breaking changes in Sweden’s social policy characteristics have appeared. Previous research gives contradictory evidence on whether and how these developments relate, and it remains unknown to what extent the EU contributed to the changes observed in Sweden. READ MORE

3. 2. The Welfare State Upholders: Protests against Cuts in Sickness Benefits in Sweden 2006-2019 : A Case Study of Political Action against Welfare Retrenchment

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Magda Bertz Wågström; [2020]
   Keywords : programmatic welfare retrenchment; protest; interest groups; labor movement; clients;

   Abstract : The debate between the Power Resource Approach and the New Politics thesis has been ongoing for decades. The PRA claims that the labor movement continues to be the most prominent defender of the welfare state. READ MORE

4. 3. Trade Unions and the Changing Swedish Model: A Case Study of Swedish Trade Unions' Policies in Relation to the Changing Swedish Welfare State

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Sara Bergdahl; [2020]
   Keywords : The Swedish welfare state; welfare retrenchment; trade unions; welfare policy; occupational welfare; union identity; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Trade unions have traditionally been key advocates for the Swedish welfare state. Yet, in recent decades, the Swedish welfare model has come under strain. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to explore what policies Swedish trade unions develop in relation to the changing Swedish welfare state, and what the reasons are behind these policies. READ MORE

5. 4. 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. 5. 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