Search for dissertations about: "swedish welfare state"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 151 swedish dissertations containing the words swedish welfare state.
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1. Governing Welfare : The third sector and the challenges to the Swedish Welfare State
Abstract : The overall issue addressed in this thesis is the challanges to the Swedish welfare state. This topic has been the subject of several different interpretations in the academic as well as political debate in Sweden over the last decade. READ MORE
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2. Child Support Law in California and Sweden : a Comparison Across Welfare State Models
Abstract : Ensuring just distribution of and adequate funding for children whose parents do not live together is a global legal challenge. It affects many families as well as every legal jurisdiction’s welfare state and family law. READ MORE
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3. Welfare Relationships : Voluntary organisations and local authorities supporting relatives of older people in Sweden
Abstract : Sweden is often described as a country with a strong welfare state and little voluntary work. This is as would be expected according to substitution theory, in which extensive welfare systems are assumed to crowd out voluntary activity and thereby limit the potential for voluntary work – there is an inverse relationship between voluntary and statutory activity. READ MORE
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4. Pro-welfare politics : A model for changes in European welfare states
Abstract : This dissertation explores the changing conditions of European welfare states and the underlying driving forces behind these changes. It is broadly based on the recently emphasized notions of dynamic structuring and internal structure of welfare programs, taking into account the new environment of the welfare state. READ MORE
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5. Attitudes towards the Market and the Welfare State : Incorporating attitudes towards the market into welfare state research
Abstract : Social policy and its associated institutions are central political arenas for societal compromise and conflict. The capacity to attract strong support from a wide constituency of citizens is, therefore, a defining feature of welfare policy legitimacy. READ MORE