Sökning: "welfare state retrenchment"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 7 uppsatser innehållade orden welfare state retrenchment.

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

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

   Master-uppsats, Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

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

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

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

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

5. 4. Pension Reform in Continental Europe : A comparative study of pension reform in Germany and France during the years ofausterity 1990-2010.

   Master-uppsats, Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Per Grönroos (fd. Johansson); [2018]
   Nyckelord :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;

   Sammanfattning : 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. LÄS MER

7. 5. Kan staten mörka en nedskärning? - En fallstudie om hur resursurholkningen av högre utbildning kan förstås som en medveten nedskärning av välfärdsstaten

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Sebastian Persson; [2016]
   Nyckelord :Välfärdsstaten; mörkning; högre utbildning; resurstilldelningssystem; nedskärning; Law and Political Science;

   Sammanfattning : The aim of this thesis is to explain the erosion of funding of higher education in Sweden as a retrenchment of the welfare state. The theoretical foundation of the analysis is a specific part of Paul Pierson’s theory The New Politics of the Welfare State, which concerns retrenchment by obfuscation. LÄS MER