Public Attitudes Toward the Next Social Contract
... U.S. economy was doing well – down 19 points from 2007, the year before the financial crunch began. While such confidence is low, public sentiment about the economy since 2011 improved more in the United States than in most other nations. By comparison, a median of just 16% of Europeans surveyed tho ...
... U.S. economy was doing well – down 19 points from 2007, the year before the financial crunch began. While such confidence is low, public sentiment about the economy since 2011 improved more in the United States than in most other nations. By comparison, a median of just 16% of Europeans surveyed tho ...
The Social and Solidarity Economy
... At the heart of the social economy is the empowerment of citizens, through the development of their milieu; through enterprises that have not been imposed “from above”. Everywhere, it is citizens, local organisations, and technical support groups which have decided to act on the opportunity to esta ...
... At the heart of the social economy is the empowerment of citizens, through the development of their milieu; through enterprises that have not been imposed “from above”. Everywhere, it is citizens, local organisations, and technical support groups which have decided to act on the opportunity to esta ...
Are a Free Market Economy
... be, that come rather close to our ideal of a market economy, even though they have lacked satisfactory or stable growth rates. One might argue that one simple reason for this is that these economies have been unable to fully implement their market processes or that the way they were run, through th ...
... be, that come rather close to our ideal of a market economy, even though they have lacked satisfactory or stable growth rates. One might argue that one simple reason for this is that these economies have been unable to fully implement their market processes or that the way they were run, through th ...
Models of Social Policy
... This kind of arrangement is relatively expensive, and much of the focus of social policy in recent years has fallen on the control of expenditure. The main areas of concern are not dependency or unemployment, but pensions, because of the special privileges accorded to particular occupational groups, ...
... This kind of arrangement is relatively expensive, and much of the focus of social policy in recent years has fallen on the control of expenditure. The main areas of concern are not dependency or unemployment, but pensions, because of the special privileges accorded to particular occupational groups, ...
The European Social Model - Pros and Cons
... pension systems, unemployment and social assistance issues. Basically, there is no single European social model. Secondly, one cannot speak of a consensus at EU levels. For a long time, heated debates on economic social policies have been dividing Member States in to two camps: on one side, are thos ...
... pension systems, unemployment and social assistance issues. Basically, there is no single European social model. Secondly, one cannot speak of a consensus at EU levels. For a long time, heated debates on economic social policies have been dividing Member States in to two camps: on one side, are thos ...
Theorising the Neoliberal Welfare State for Social Work
... state ensure the well-being of the individuals and families. Following the New Deal and World War II, rising tax revenues enabled the government to provide a minimum level of income below which no one was expected to live, especially not the white middle class. Revenues rose from 16.5% of gross dome ...
... state ensure the well-being of the individuals and families. Following the New Deal and World War II, rising tax revenues enabled the government to provide a minimum level of income below which no one was expected to live, especially not the white middle class. Revenues rose from 16.5% of gross dome ...
Does a European Social Model Exist and Can It Survive?
... or lead to downward spirals of deregulation and fragmentation is hotly debated, yet thus far the issues remains largely unresolved (Abrahamson, 1991, Streeck, 1995, Scharpf, 1996). The public and academic debate is swayed by the examples of national economies outside and in Europe that fare better ...
... or lead to downward spirals of deregulation and fragmentation is hotly debated, yet thus far the issues remains largely unresolved (Abrahamson, 1991, Streeck, 1995, Scharpf, 1996). The public and academic debate is swayed by the examples of national economies outside and in Europe that fare better ...
âReform of a Modern Welfare-State through a Basic Income to Re
... which treats everyone the same under law, and therefore is not based on the vagaries of electoral politics and partisan special-interests. The Evolution and Measurement of the Welfare State in the United States In the following analysis we create two categories, the “Basic Government” and the “Welfa ...
... which treats everyone the same under law, and therefore is not based on the vagaries of electoral politics and partisan special-interests. The Evolution and Measurement of the Welfare State in the United States In the following analysis we create two categories, the “Basic Government” and the “Welfa ...
On the Enlightenment from Danish Flexibility Labor Market
... According to most surveys results, Danish employment rate ranks the top in the EU. In 2007, the Danish national employment accounts for 77.4 per cent of the population between 15 and 64 years, by contrast, the employment rate of 27 EU countries only 65.7%, and compared to continuing high unemploymen ...
... According to most surveys results, Danish employment rate ranks the top in the EU. In 2007, the Danish national employment accounts for 77.4 per cent of the population between 15 and 64 years, by contrast, the employment rate of 27 EU countries only 65.7%, and compared to continuing high unemploymen ...
The Toolkit of Economic Sociology
... 1998). Consumers use their friends and acquaintances in particular when it comes to acquiring second-hand cars and real estates where no realtor is involved. That the concept of embeddedness can be used to analyze what happens at the interface of the economy and politics is clear from what has alrea ...
... 1998). Consumers use their friends and acquaintances in particular when it comes to acquiring second-hand cars and real estates where no realtor is involved. That the concept of embeddedness can be used to analyze what happens at the interface of the economy and politics is clear from what has alrea ...
Lesson 1 Study Guide
... Your parents may have done most of their shopping in a small local market with a few thousand other buyers. You, however, may join millions of other buyers to purchase the same products nationally. The supply side of the market is completely different. This is because suppliers tend to combine with ...
... Your parents may have done most of their shopping in a small local market with a few thousand other buyers. You, however, may join millions of other buyers to purchase the same products nationally. The supply side of the market is completely different. This is because suppliers tend to combine with ...
AP Economics - Pompton Lakes School
... Explain how government can adjust taxes, interest rates, and spending and use other policies to restore the country’s economic health. Explain how economic indicators (i.e., gross domestic product, the consumer index, the national debt, and the trade deficit) are used to evaluate the health of the e ...
... Explain how government can adjust taxes, interest rates, and spending and use other policies to restore the country’s economic health. Explain how economic indicators (i.e., gross domestic product, the consumer index, the national debt, and the trade deficit) are used to evaluate the health of the e ...
the spanish welfare state under the pso
... It should be noted that Sweden is considered in this work as an "ideal type" because I take what can be considered the maximum level of institutional organization and welfare reached by the model in the 60's and 70's. In the 80's there were some changes such as de-regulation (affecting finances), pr ...
... It should be noted that Sweden is considered in this work as an "ideal type" because I take what can be considered the maximum level of institutional organization and welfare reached by the model in the 60's and 70's. In the 80's there were some changes such as de-regulation (affecting finances), pr ...
The Three Fields of Global Political Economy
... classifications, interpretations, stories, judgments and actions. The unconscious and taken-for-granted background of practical judgments and actions is called doxa. For instance, in the era of classical political economy, the labor theory of value (LTV) was largely taken for granted, and used in pr ...
... classifications, interpretations, stories, judgments and actions. The unconscious and taken-for-granted background of practical judgments and actions is called doxa. For instance, in the era of classical political economy, the labor theory of value (LTV) was largely taken for granted, and used in pr ...
Globalization the end of the social contract
... post second World War social contract that existed in the industrialized countries, namely regarding agriculture and the rural life. In section 3, a short characterization of the main features of globalization will be enough to highlight fracturing lines in relation to the past. This will allow me t ...
... post second World War social contract that existed in the industrialized countries, namely regarding agriculture and the rural life. In section 3, a short characterization of the main features of globalization will be enough to highlight fracturing lines in relation to the past. This will allow me t ...
Variety of Post-communist welfare: Europeanisation and emerging
... clearly headed by the New Member States, where corporate taxes have fallen a lot sharper than in the EU-15. ...
... clearly headed by the New Member States, where corporate taxes have fallen a lot sharper than in the EU-15. ...
FINAL STUDY GUIDE PS147
... Dani Rodrik- the challenges of free trade: free trade creates winners and losers, and losers may organize to stop trade openness o Protect losers from blocking free trade by taking care of them through the welfare state (generous unemployment insurance…early retirement policies) Big government can s ...
... Dani Rodrik- the challenges of free trade: free trade creates winners and losers, and losers may organize to stop trade openness o Protect losers from blocking free trade by taking care of them through the welfare state (generous unemployment insurance…early retirement policies) Big government can s ...
The Socio-Political Matrix and Economic Development in
... The concept of the socio-political matrix is based on the assumption that a society can be defined in terms of the pattern of relationships that link (i) the State, (ii) the political regime and political parties and (iii) civil society or grassroots. Thus, the socio-political matrix is the relation ...
... The concept of the socio-political matrix is based on the assumption that a society can be defined in terms of the pattern of relationships that link (i) the State, (ii) the political regime and political parties and (iii) civil society or grassroots. Thus, the socio-political matrix is the relation ...
Chapter 3 - Economic Institutions
... The view that markets are a reasonable way to organize society has not always been shared by all economists. Throughout history strong philosophical and practical arguments have been made against markets. The philosophical argument against the market is that it brings out the worst in people—it glor ...
... The view that markets are a reasonable way to organize society has not always been shared by all economists. Throughout history strong philosophical and practical arguments have been made against markets. The philosophical argument against the market is that it brings out the worst in people—it glor ...
Development and social security system sustainability
... illness, maternity, work injury, unemployment, invalidity, old age or death, and providing medical care and benefits to families with children" (BIT, 1995). From our point of view this is a narrow perspective given that it takes into consideration only those risks of participating in social life. In ...
... illness, maternity, work injury, unemployment, invalidity, old age or death, and providing medical care and benefits to families with children" (BIT, 1995). From our point of view this is a narrow perspective given that it takes into consideration only those risks of participating in social life. In ...
Where the Law of the Invisible Hand fails
... (such as the role of entrepreneurs), the function of money, structure of markets, development of credit, and banking systems (Smith, 2004). Within the antediluvian framework, the Adaptations, the Commercial, and Political approach as highlighted above, agree on the problem of uncertainty (e.g. price ...
... (such as the role of entrepreneurs), the function of money, structure of markets, development of credit, and banking systems (Smith, 2004). Within the antediluvian framework, the Adaptations, the Commercial, and Political approach as highlighted above, agree on the problem of uncertainty (e.g. price ...
EU Cohesion Policy and Comparative Political Economy. The cases of Greece and Ireland
... measurable variables. On an ideational level, the advance of what came to be known as neo liberal ideology meant that any reference to the role that the State can play in promoting developmental outcomes was doomed to be treated suspiciously. It was Peter Evans, together with Rueschemeyer and Skocpo ...
... measurable variables. On an ideational level, the advance of what came to be known as neo liberal ideology meant that any reference to the role that the State can play in promoting developmental outcomes was doomed to be treated suspiciously. It was Peter Evans, together with Rueschemeyer and Skocpo ...
The American Social Contract: From Drift to Mastery
... At rare moments of economic crisis, as during the Great Depression and the New Deal. In wartime and in its aftermath. Every major war in which the United States has been engaged has led to the creation of economic benefits for whole classes of citizens. Long after the Civil War, a majority of Americ ...
... At rare moments of economic crisis, as during the Great Depression and the New Deal. In wartime and in its aftermath. Every major war in which the United States has been engaged has led to the creation of economic benefits for whole classes of citizens. Long after the Civil War, a majority of Americ ...
Aalborg Universitet Making Capitalism Work Schmidt, Johannes Dragsbæk; Hersh, Jacques
... institutionalists. According to the latter the state had in fact interfered by ”getting the price wrong” (Amsden 1992) and by ”governing the market” (Wade 1990) in order to gain a better position in the world economy. However, influenced by the neoliberalism of the so-called Washington Consensus, th ...
... institutionalists. According to the latter the state had in fact interfered by ”getting the price wrong” (Amsden 1992) and by ”governing the market” (Wade 1990) in order to gain a better position in the world economy. However, influenced by the neoliberalism of the so-called Washington Consensus, th ...
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... scale in the production of standardized goods and services using dedicated production systems but of competing through the capacity to introduce flexible manufacturing or service delivery systems and exploit the resulting economies of scope. This shift has important implications for enterprise and s ...
... scale in the production of standardized goods and services using dedicated production systems but of competing through the capacity to introduce flexible manufacturing or service delivery systems and exploit the resulting economies of scope. This shift has important implications for enterprise and s ...