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Showing 1 to 20 of 189 for “"Welfare state"”.
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Rethinking the welfare state: towards an alternative to the American welfare state
The contemporary American welfare state is a highly controversial institution plagued with tremendous deficiencies. There is agreement over the entire political spectrum that the current welfare system needs an overhaul, but there is considerable disagreement on how this should or could be …
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Multi-dimensional personhood and the welfare state
The welfare state in Britain has been a subject of much ecclesiastical and pastoral concern since (before) its inception, but this interest has not been matched by any comparable and sustained theological engagement. This thesis seeks to redress this by drawing on the thought of William Temple, …
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Matters of Measurement: Investigating the Universal Welfare State
… to the development of robust and generous welfare states, focusing on the ongoing debate around targeting versus universalism in welfare state studies. By leveraging multiple welfare state datasets and expanding the scope of welfare outcomes using cross-national time-series analyses, it …
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Democratization and the development of Japan's uneven welfare state
… institutions, deep pockets, and a sizable social welfare system provide so little public assistance to the poor? I identify two features of Japan's political and economic development that gave rise to a distinctively threadbare safety net. First, the country's late-developer status paired with …
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Interest groups and policy-making: the welfare state, 1942-1964
… of the Beveridge Report in 1942. The reform of state welfare in the 1940s meant that employers and trade unions became more involved in the administration than in the provision of social services. The process entailed a greater role for the Trades Union Congress, the British Employers’ …
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Reflexões sobre o welfare state e sua construção no Brasil
This study aims to analyze the literature on the welfare state and ascertain to what extent the Brazilian state approaches its features. Through a theoretical and conceptual approach, we want to understand it has been constructed by the Welfare State Public Management in Brazil, in which dimensions …
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Demystifying the welfare state: the case of the Republic of Moldova
… Socialist Republics (USSR) shared a similar welfare system in which welfare states were part of an inseparable political and economic system controlled by a totalitarian power i.e., the Communist Party. After the fall of the USSR, in 1989, an end to social provision led to a massive recession …
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Deinstitutionalisation of the welfare state: the case of mental health care
no abstract provided by author
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Shifting Technologies: Neoliberalization of the Welfare State in South Korea, 1997--2001
… (sinjayujuui ) transformation of South Korean welfare governance at the historical juncture in which the IMF Crisis converged with Kim Dae Jung presidency. I conducted my research as a member of a temporary research team that assisted the Seoul City Committee for Unemployment Policy, an …
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The biometric imaginary: standardization and objectivity in the post-apartheid welfare state
Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references.
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The significance of social enterprises in the reform of the British welfare state
… is looking towards the social economy to deliver welfare services. The social economy, and specifically social enterprises, are envisaged by New Labour as having the ability to train and employ those disadvantaged in the labour market; engage individuals and communities in service provision and …
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When networks matter : Mexican migrants' access to the welfare state through social ties
1 PDF file (viii, 118 leaves : illustrations ; 28 cm)
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A pregnancy test: women workers and the hybrid American welfare state, 1940-1993
… sought to establish similar plans in the United States and, for a while, seemed like they might. Politics intervened in the form of the Cold War. With a few state level exceptions, the experiences of WWII were largely dismantled in the wake of political changes, business and medical opposition …
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Aging well: Shaping age identities in the literature of the British welfare state
… the twentieth century and emerging from the welfare state, as well as a necessary caveat concerning recent processes that individualize, multiply, but also potentially dismantle social provisions for the elderly in late life. By examining such topics as retirement, intergenerational …
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The commodification of higher education in the welfare state of Sweden: exploring the possibilities
… communally provided for its citizens by the state, such as healthcare and education. Neoliberalism and its many approaches mount formidable pressure on states to fall to its sway. The environment created by neoliberalism is a challenge to states, like Sweden, that still believe in the central …
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Administrative Law in the Welfare State: Addressing the Accountability Gap in Executive Social Policy-making
With the rise of the welfare state, democratic, common law governments undertook a new proactive role as social welfare manager; allocating limited health, education, and social services benefits among competing public priorities. In spite of the important impact of this role on the lives of …
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An Archaeological Analysis of Canadian Immigration Legislation: From Welfare State Liability to Neo-Liberal Subject
… are generated. The first details how elements of state racism and bio-nationalism are apparent in all three acts, and must be regarded as complimentary to one another, as they co-exist and operate together on different planes. The second discusses a shift in the documents from a focus on welfare …
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Has Neoliberalism Affected American Civil Liberties? Examining the Criminal Justice System and the Welfare State
… theory but overtime has developed into an arm of state social control. This thesis asks if neoliberal economic policies have affected civil liberties in the United States and sets out to understand this relationship in several ways. Firstly, by investigating the shift from Keynesianism to market …
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