The Welfare State in a State of Crisis?

• Authors: Jacek Tittenbrun

Abstracts

EN

The paper sets out to deconstruct two concepts featuring in the title. Firstly, a novel definition of the welfare state based on economic ownership is presented, used then throughout the paper to examine the facts behind the widespread view of the welfare state finding itself in a crisis. Upon scrutiny, it turns out that empirical evidence to support the thesis under investigation is weak at best; neither globalisation nor Europeanization bring about any significant quantitative or qualitative worsening of welfare parameters. In addition, it is imperative not to put all the welfare states into one bag, as they in fact represent a plethora of diverse social-protection regimes.

Keywords

EN

welfare state; globalisation; state; crisis

• Publisher: Wydawnictwo Adam Marszałek
• Journal: Kultura i Edukacja
• Year: 2013
• Issue: 6(99)
• Pages: 149-169

Dates

published

2013

Contributors

author

Jacek Tittenbrun

• Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań

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Identifiers

DOI

10.15804/kie.2013.06.08

Biblioteka Nauki

25806592