Accessibility of General Adult Education An Analysis of the Restructuring of Adult Education Governance in Denmark

2021 ◽  
pp. 0741713621Q9962
Author(s):  
Annette Rasmussen ◽  
Elisabeth Lauridsen Lolle
Keyword(s):  
Adult Education ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Market Orientation ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Education Governance ◽  
Competition State ◽  
Historical Outline ◽  
Different Types

The purpose of this paper is to examine how adult education institutions have developed in close connection with the Danish welfare state and how structural reforms since the 1990s have changed the institutional structure and impacted accessibility. This involves analyses of the main functions linked to the different types of adult education institutions (VUCs) in Denmark and their development in relation to welfare state policies in the first instance and to globalization and competition state policies in the second. Thus, the paper provides a historical outline of the development of adult education institutions in two main areas, a vocational and a general, followed by an analysis of selected policy documents on structural reforms. Focusing on the reforms of 2000, 2007, and 2018, the analysis identifies external and internal limitations to accessing general adult education. In conclusion, the market orientation of the VUC entails limitations to both external and internal accessibility.

The Future of the Slovenian Welfare State and Challenges to Solidarity

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maša Filipovič Hrast ◽  
Tatjana Rakar
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Economic Crisis ◽  
Step Change ◽  
Welfare System ◽  
Reform Process ◽  
Structural Reforms ◽  
Future Directions ◽  
Policy Documents ◽  
Left And Right ◽  
Using Data

Social provision in Slovenia has pursued a gradual path of development towards a post-socialist model. The country faced a pronounced recession after the 2008 economic crisis, with a second recession in 2012. This was further exacerbated by political instability with a restructuring of left and right political coalitions. These pressures, coupled with an emphasis on austerity, led to structural reforms of the welfare system, which resulted in a step change in the reform process. This chapter considers future directions in welfare in Slovenia, using data from attitude surveys and analysing policy documents in order to examine current patterns of solidarity and division in support for different aspect of welfare state provision.

UNFAIR COMPETITION REGULATION IN AZERBAIJAN

2020 ◽  
Vol 52 (03) ◽  
pp. 63-66
Author(s):  
Gülarə Məzahir qızıCahangirli ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
State Policies ◽  
State Regulation ◽  
Unfair Competition ◽  
Competition State

Key words: unfair competition, state regulation, state policies

Conclusion: social policy in an era of competition

2017 ◽  
pp. 203-212
Author(s):  
Dan Horsfall ◽  
John Hudson
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Empirical Analysis ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Future Research ◽  
The Core ◽  
Competition State ◽  
State Welfare ◽  
Policy Analysts

This concluding chapter highlights key arguments from across the book in order to set out an integrated agenda for future research. Theoretically rooted analyses must be at the core of such an agenda. The inter-pollination/cross-fertilisation of ideas from many disciplines is important in developing an understanding of the complex and multi-faceted ways in which competition is influencing welfare states. However, while theory is central to this agenda, it must also be rooted in detailed empirical analysis. In looking to transcend the competition state/welfare state dichotomy, this interplay between theory and evidence is key, and where theoretically rooted social policy analysts can add particular value to current debates.

Popular Support for the Welfare State: A Comparison Between Institutional Regimes

1993 ◽  
Vol 13 (3) ◽  
pp. 227-254 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elim Papadakis ◽  
Clive Bean
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Popular Support ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Institutional Regimes ◽  
The Welfare State

AbstractApart from the preoccupation with raising revenue for the welfare state, the question of popular support is central to its future. Arguments about the prospects for the welfare state, about its social and political bases of support and about classifying different types of regime provide the context of our investigation. Our approach is to examine empirical evidence of the connection between support for the welfare state and (a) different types of regime and (b) social and political factors. The analysis of these relationships has important implications for policy-makers who are concerned about consent to their programmes and about the experiences of comparable regimes.

VLADAVINA PRAVA I SOCIJALNA DRŽAVA

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Srećko Jelinić ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Telecommunication Services ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Consumer Contracts ◽  
The Welfare State

In this paper the author is searching for the connection between the concepts of the rule of law, so called social justice and the concept of the welfare state. The notion of the rule of law needs to be interpretated and defined precisely. The arguments in the paper are supported with selected court findings and decisions. The special emphasis is given to the issue of social justice which is, as it seems, particularly questionable in the field of consumer contracts where the issue of inequality of the parties to the contract comes to existence. Different types of contracts such as the contracts for telecommunication services together with some other issues such as the later change in contractual conditions and difficulties in obtaining payment for provided goods and services are being discussed and discoursed

Competition, Constituencies, and Welfare Policies in American States

1979 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-429 ◽  
Author(s):  
Edward T. Jennings
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Politics ◽  
Party Systems ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Economic Class ◽  
American States ◽  
Competition Hypothesis ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Party Characteristics ◽  
Generous Welfare

This article examines the logic underlying standard formulations of the interparty competition hypothesis in the comparative state policy literature, suggests a reformulation which provides some new insights into the conditions under which we might expect state policies to change as a result of party characteristics, and undertakes an initial test of the reformulation.I develop two propositions. The first is that party systems which divide the electorate along economic class lines will generate more generous welfare policies than party systems which do not so organize the electorate. The second is that within states with class-based electoral systems, change in welfare policy will be positively related to the degree to which the party or faction with lower- and working-class support gains control of government.I analyze welfare policies of selected American states for the period 1938 to 1970. My analysis suggests that (1) the class basis of electoral politics does influence state welfare policies and (2) parties and factions which differ in their constituency bases produce different types of policies when they are in control of government.

scholarly journals Caught between nationalism and transnationalism: How Central and East European states respond to East–West emigration

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (3) ◽  
pp. 338-352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Myra A Waterbury
Keyword(s):  
State Policies ◽  
Eastern European ◽  
Large Wave ◽  
East European ◽  
Policy Responses ◽  
Different Types ◽  
Transnational Engagement ◽  
East West

This article seeks to explain the varied policy responses to the large wave of emigration from Central and Eastern European states during the last two decades, focusing on the cases of Hungary, Bulgaria, Romania, and Poland. Differing degrees of emigrant engagement by these states are explained by the role of internal minorities as active members of the emigrant population and the overall political and demographic relevance of historical kin. This study contributes to our understanding of what shapes state policies towards different types of external populations. It also highlights the particular challenges of state-led transnational engagement in a supranational border regime.

Manufacturing Responsibility: The Governmentality of Behavioural Power in Social Policies

2017 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rik Peeters
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
State Policies ◽  
Social Policies ◽  
Moral Imperative ◽  
The Unconscious ◽  
Social Actors ◽  
Psychological Mechanisms ◽  
Conceptual Clarity ◽  
Welfare State Policies

Responsibilisation is commonly associated with a neoliberal transfer of responsibilities from state to social actors. However, it also covers the construction of responsibility where it does not exist yet – where citizens need socialisation to manufacture responsibility so they become economically and socially active, healthy, and productive subjects. This article aims to bring more conceptual clarity in these practices. Based on an analysis of literature on contemporary welfare state policies, three different techniques are discerned: reciprocal governance in welfare state services; training and treatment of vulnerable citizens through support and structure; and choice engineering by working upon the unconscious and psychological triggers underlying decision making. These techniques of behavioural power seek responsibilisation by working upon people's understanding of responsibility as a moral imperative and upon the rational or psychological mechanisms that constitute the choices they make and the attitudes they have.

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