Week 10 - Welfare States and Public Policy Flashcards
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Welfare state definition
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- Capitalist society in which the state has intervened in the form of social policies etc in order to mitigate class conflict and provide for certain social needs for which the capitalist mode of production in itself has no solution or makes no provision
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Dichotomous welfare state typology
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- Residual welfare state
- Institutional welfare state
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Residual welfare state
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- Like market model
- Only to mediate short term poverty
- Smaller range of social welfare measures
- Stringent eligibility criteria and rules
- Means testing
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What does means testing mean
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- Person has to use all money saved before accessing welfare service
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Institutional welfare state
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- Like polis model
- Services are citizen entitled protections
- Promotion of well being and prevention of problems
- Comprehensive benefits
- Free market allocation of resources seen as inferior means of addressing social need
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Epsing-andersens typology
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-Liberal
- Conservative
- Social democratic
7
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Countries with liberal typology
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- Australia
- Canada
- Ireland
-UK
-US
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Countries with conservative typology
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- Belgium
- France
- Germany
- Netherlands
- Switzerland
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Countries with social democratic typology
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- Denmark
- Finland
- Norway
- Sweden
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Liberal welfare typology
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- Citizens are dependent on market and earned income for social good and services
- Usually means or income tested
- Benefits seen as last resort
- Maintains and reinforces existing patterns of inequality
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Conservative welfare typology
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- Less emphasis on market and more emphasis on families providing social welfare
- Redistribution of income over peoples lifetimes
- Maintains inequalities but alleviate suffering from being on bottom
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Social democratic welfare typology
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- Social goods and services provided as a matter of citizen rights
- Strong, active labour movements and policies
- Key priority is full employment
-universal rather than targeted social welfare - Committed to reducing inequality and poverty
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Types of social spending and policies
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- Health care
- Education and training
- Pensions
- Support for people with disabilities
- Unemployment benefits
- Social assistance or welfare
- Minimum wage
15
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What is the best percentage to look at to determine which welfare state a country follows
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- Support for people with disabilities
