Search for dissertations about: "welfare measures"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 113 swedish dissertations containing the words welfare measures.

  2. 1. Governing Welfare : The third sector and the challenges to the Swedish Welfare State

    Author : Johan Vamstad; Victor Pestoff; Ingemar Wörlund; Sten Berglund; Mittuniversitetet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Welfare State; Third Sector; Childcare; Challenges to the Welfare State; Civil Society; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    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

  4. 2. Welfare Environment and Tourism in Developing Countries

    Author : Jessica Andersson; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare measures; recreation; indivisible in consumption; choke price; stated preference; revealed preference; coral reefs; Zanzibar; payment vehicle; economic transition; trickle down; bargaining power; Nash bargaining solution; focal point; informal and formal rights; local institutions;

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  5. 3. Attitudes towards the Market and the Welfare State : Incorporating attitudes towards the market into welfare state research

    Author : Arvid Lindh; Jonas Edlund; Anne Grönlund; Staffan Kumlin; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Market; welfare state; social policy; political attitudes; public opinion; trust; class; marketization; Sociology; sociologi;

    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

  6. 4. Studying the Interplay of Immigration and Welfare States

    Author : Christer Gerdes; Eskil Wadesjö; Björn Gustafsson; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; net transfers; welfare use; social cohesion; welfare state; elections; xenophobia; Economics; Nationalekonomi; Economics; nationalekonomi;

    Abstract : A comparative study of net transfers for different immigrant groups: Evidence from GermanyThis paper analyzes determinants of net transfers for immigrants living in Germany in 2002, coming from five different countries. Net transfers refer to the net amount of costs and tax payments in the public budget account. READ MORE

  7. 5. Migration and social protection in European welfare states: Cui bono?

    Author : Lutz Gschwind; Per Adman; Joakim Palme; Jan Mewes; Uppsala universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; welfare states; migration; integration; social protection; social policy; political economy; Europe; street-level bureaucracy; Ghent systems; unemployment insurance; social assistance; welfare conditionality;

    Abstract : Whether and under what conditions foreigners should be granted access to welfare benefits has been debated for as long as public welfare systems have existed. In contrast, research on the actual social protection of immigrants is still comparatively scarce in the welfare state literature. READ MORE