Search for dissertations about: "Swedish welfare state"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 151 swedish dissertations containing the words Swedish welfare state.

2. 6. Welfare state attitudes in context : local contexts and attitude formation in Sweden

   Author : Ingemar Johansson Sevä; Stefan Svallfors; Jonas Edlund; Joakim Palme; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Welfare state; attitudes; local context; municipalities; multilevel analysis; Sweden; Sociology; Sociologi; sociologi; Sociology;

   Abstract : Welfare state attitudes are often studied from the perspective of the individual's characteristics and/or national or regime-type contexts. This thesis instead seeks explanations for individuals' varying attitudes towards the welfare state at the level of local contexts (municipalities). READ MORE

4. 7. Marketization in Swedish Eldercare : Implications for Users, Professionals, and the State

   Author : Linda Moberg; Paula Blomqvist; Ulrika Winblad; Stig Montin; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Marketization; Eldercare; Universalism; Social care; Privatized provision; User choice; Competition; Swedish welfare state; Statskunskap; Political Science;

   Abstract : During the last decades, Swedish policy makers have implemented various marketization reforms into the public welfare sector in order to make it more cost-efficient and to improve its quality. The aim of this dissertation is to investigate what implications this marketization trend has had for the organization of Swedish eldercare. READ MORE

5. 8. An indirect route to equality : taxing consumers to build the Swedish welfare state

   Author : Gunnar Lantz; Thomas Pettersson; Lena Andersson-Skog; Svante Prado; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Taxation; progressivity; economic history; consumption taxes; VAT; tax incidence; regressive taxation; inequality; income distribution; equity; distributive justice; fairness; household budget surveys; tax policy; welfare state; postwar era; institutions; corporatism; EEC; EFTA; ekonomisk historia; Economic History;

   Abstract : The question of who paid for the welfare state in postwar Sweden has been subject to extensive debate. Many have focused on the comparatively high, and steeply progressive, taxes on income. READ MORE

6. 9. The justification and legitimacy of the active welfare state : some philosophical aspects

   Author : Mikael Dubois; Sven Ove Hansson; Stuart White; KTH; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Political philosophy; social justice; justification; legitimacy; welfare state; social insurance; prevention; conditionality; active welfare state; Filosofi; Philosophy;

   Abstract : This thesis has two aims. The first aim is to set out an argument for social insurance in the form of compulsory income insurance in the event of sickness or unemployment, and to explore two lines of arguments for social insurance policies that are commonly associated with an active welfare state that seeks to prevent or reduce reliance on social insurance. READ MORE

7. 10. Out and about in the welfare state : the right to transport in everyday life for people with disabilities in Swedish, Danish and Norwegian law

   Author : Andreas Pettersson; Åsa Gunnarsson; Åsa Yttergren; Richard Sahlin; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Disability; transport; everyday life; disability law; social law; transport law; comparative law; welfare state; legal criteria; Law; juridik;

   Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to identify how a social citizenship for people with disabilities is shaped bythe normative structures in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian law governing their right to transportin everyday life. The thesis deals with three types of transport provided by the public to private individuals: transport services, car allowances, and cash benefits for reimbursing transport costs forpeople with disabilities. READ MORE