Welfare regimes and welfare theory
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This article discusses Indonesian welfare regime outlook by using citizenship framework. It is argued that transformation of Indonesian welfare regime from productivist characteristic to universalism has been disrupted by the discourse of... more
This succinct review returns to the debate on political-culture and Singaporean social policy nexus that has been abandoned since 2000. They put the spotlight on the social policy through the Confucian lens, examining to what extent... more
Change, challenges and constraints faced by the model of social protection in Southern European countries are analysed. This paper carries out an overview on the “state-of-the-art” welfare transformation in Southern Europe. The main... more
The article reviews the available quantitative evidence on the relationship between explicit family policy and women's employment outcomes in 45 high-income countries between 1980 and 2016. At the methodological level, we gathered 238... more
The growing literature on comparative European housing policy has played a major part in developing our understanding of the way housing in provided in different countries, and in the way the interaction between the stat, market and civil... more
Policy-makers,media, and outsiders often look at the achievements of the Buddhist Compassion Merit Society for Relief (Fojiao Ciji Gongdehui 佛教慈濟功德會, hereafter Ciji) in the management of its hospitals and its contribution to education in... more
En este documento se analizan los cambios y continuidades ocurridos en materia de incorporación social en El Salvador, Guatemala y Nicaragua desde los años noventa. Para ello, se estudian las pensiones por vejez, los servicios de salud y... more
Returns to the parental home represent a dramatic housing career interruption that can have significant social and economic implications. Interaction of individual characteristics with turning point shocks, such as unemployment or... more
This study has two main goals. The first one aims to determine how the European Union countries are clustered according to The Digital Economy and Society Index (DESI) 2020 data. The second one aims to determine whether there is a... more
This article explores variations in housing outcomes in European Union member states that are measured in terms of the quality and affordability of accommodation. It reveals marked north/south and east/west inter-country variations in the... more
The paper reflects on those ‘‘meeting points’’ and ‘‘encountering places’’ where the action of individuals, families, corporations, NGOs and public policies can optimize the advancement of social citizenship within the European context.... more
Resumen Los distintos desarrollos históricos en los procesos de construcción nacional y formación estatal han auspiciado diferentes tipos de estados del bienestar en Europa. Tras la licuación financiera provocada por el derrumbe del... more
This paper revisits Esping-Andersen's welfare regimes typology and applies it to the South African context. To argue its case, it refers to and uses the construct of colonialism of a special type. The paper notes that unlike other African... more
ÖZ Sosyal güvenlik hukukumuzda; kısa vadeli sigorta hükümleri açısından, iş kazasının olduğu veya meslek hastalığının hekim veya sağlık kurulu raporu ile ilk defa tespit edildiği tarih sonrasında oluşacak; uzun vadeli sigorta hükümleri... more
Owing to its particular sociopolitical history and its status as a semi-peripheral country, Greece has followed a pattern of economic and urban development radically different to that of most northern European countries. A main... more
CSR is essentially interpreted as a manifestation of the responsibility of the business world over the externalities arising from their production activities. But unfortunately this responsibility is only limited scope primary... more
Welfare regimes and social exclusion are two different concepts which has been discussed in social policy agenda since the early 1990s. The purpose of this study examining the welfare regime which called as “Southern Europe” and developed... more
There exists a broad consensus among welfare state researchers that the welfare state has not been retrenched in any fundamental manner. Instead, a process of restructuring is unfolding in response to globalization, European integration... more
The paper defines the welfare regimes according to Esping Andersen’s typology (replicated to the newest data by Allan&Scruggs, 2006) and investigates how the particular welfare regime type is able to tackle the poverty. The paper answers... more
This essay investigates how the degeneration of state socialist regimes and the transition to market-Leninist political economies in China and Vietnam have shaped institutional arrangements governing welfare and its stratification... more
Abstract - Article in Journal of Social Policy, 46: 1, 2017, pp. 31-47 Policy perspectives of the European Union as well as those of member states currently link the concepts of social investment and social entrepreneurship in order to... more
Special Issue, The Origins of the Welfare State: Global and Comparative Approaches Co-edited by Agnoletto, S. and Palmieri, C.... more
This article aims to consider how Turkey has been classified in the welfare regime literature, and on what basis it has been classified. This will then form the basis for exploring whether there appears to be any variation between... more
Transitions to adulthood not only represent a key period for individual development but also contribute to processes of social stratification. Growing evidence has pointed to increased complexity, postponement and individualization in... more
Single parents are increasingly a target group for ‘activation’ though new obligations to seek paid work or engage in education or training. Researchers commonly characterise new activation policies in terms of epochal shifts or... more
Trade-offs between quality and equality are at the forefront of multiple debates in higher education, and one conceptual tool to approach societies’ adjustment in resolving these trade-offs is the welfare regime typology. Relying on the... more
This thesis is a critical investigation of the ambivalent relationship between the concept of labour and the concept of value creation in immaterial capitalism. The thesis defines this relationship as the labour-capital relation. The... more
This article illustrates the emergence of radical local welfare initiatives as a political response to the imperfect national program in decentralization context in Indonesia. In order to gain further understanding of the topic, it is... more
The main purpose of this article is twofold: (1) an examination of welfare regimes using a bottom-up approach, which enables a comprehensive analysis of welfare production based on recipients perceptions; and (2) an examination of more... more
Using data from the Luxembourg Income Study, we conduct a gender comparison of how young people aged 20–34 in Finland (n¼ 19,941), Spain (n¼ 29,458), Taiwan (n¼ 47,219), and the United States (n¼ 184,581) participated in full time work,... more
We compare labour market protection varieties and evaluate systematically trajectories of change across 21 high-income countries over three decades. Our measures – Principal Com- ponent Analysis and a new multidimensional indicator – deal... more
Returns to the parental home represent a dramatic housing career interruption that can have significant social and economic implications. Interaction of individual characteristics with turning point shocks, such as unemployment or... more