scholarly journals Social Provision of Disabled People in Welfare States: the Scope of Social Benefits and Anti-Crisis Regulation. Part 1

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 107-121
Author(s):  
Elena Kulagina
Keyword(s):  
Security Policy ◽  
Personal Responsibility ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Social Benefits ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Working Age ◽  
State Expenditures ◽  
Social Security Policy ◽  
The Eu

The article consists of two separate publications (Part 1 and Part 2) and analyses social security policy towards people with disability at working age in developed welfare states (social-democratic, conservative-corporatist and neoliberal regimes). Part 1 considers various approaches to reformation of state disability assistance aimed at overcoming “dependency culture” and increasing personal responsibility for wellbeing. The analysis is conveyed on the basis of international research as well as statistical data of the EU and OECD for the past 30 years. The article discusses the reasons for the growing assistance demand, the grounds for tightening the requirements for selection standards as well as the approaches to evaluation of disability. Institutional schemes of social welfare and participation conditions are accounted for. The author analyses the approaches to reducing poverty and inequality: redistribution of state expenditures within disability programmes and alternative support schemes offering people with disabilities a wide scope of social benefits based on research data and individual evaluation of health condition.

Has Social Security Policy Converged? Cross-Country Evolution of Old Age Benefits, 1890–2000

2012 ◽  
Vol 72 (4) ◽  
pp. 927-955 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Elu-Terán
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Pension Policy ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Key Drivers ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Social Security Policy ◽  
Old Age Benefits

The extension of social insurance during the twentieth century did not translate into homogeneous pension provision. Using a new database, this article analyzes the evolution of pensions in the long run for a sample of welfare states. The convergence in old age benefits as a share of earnings is only found for all earnings levels between 1970 and 1990. The results also underline the role as determinants of pension policy of both domestic and external factors. In line with previous literature, income per capita and the share of old people are key drivers of pensions. However, the effect of globalization is negative, especially for low and medium earnings levels.

scholarly journals ASSET-BASED APPROACH TO POVERTY REDUCTION IN LITHUANIA

2013 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 203-223 ◽  
Author(s):  
Algimantas Laurinavičius ◽  
Birutė Galinienė
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Income Support ◽  
Current Income ◽  
Savings Accounts ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Capital Owner ◽  
New Form ◽  
Social Security Policy

This paper reviews the articles of Lithuanian authors on social policy topic and assesses if the asset-based policy topic was ever explored. It briefly analyses the efficiency of current social security policy in Lithuania and social-economical state of inhabitants. It states that in order to reduce poverty and inequality, current social policy should be reformed, and the current income support (or income security) policy should be replaced by the asset-based policy which stresses the development of skills, knowledge and capabilities, promotes savings, investments and building of assets and gives everyone a possibility to become a capital owner. The paper presents results of a representative survey which was aimed to explore Lithuanian inhabitants’ opinion towards the new form of social policy: asset-based policy. It uncovers that vast majority of Lithuania's inhabitants would agree to the implementation of the asset-based policy, based on children's savings accounts.

scholarly journals Social Provision of Disabled People in Welfare States: the Scope of Social Benefits and Anti-Crisis Regulation. Part 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-249
Author(s):  
Elena Kulagina
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Condition Evaluation ◽  
People With Disability

The article consists of two separate publications (Part 1 and Part 2) and analyses social security policy towards people with disability at working age in developed welfare states (social-democratic, conservative-corporatist and neoliberal regimes). Part 2 analyses reform strategies of state assistance programmes for disabled people on the basis of international research as well as statistical data of the EU and OECD for the past 30 years, while considering the changes in the economic climate. The article attends for the funding: expenditures for the programmes (as percentage of GDP and per capita) during periods of economic growth, the 2008–2009 crisis and the following decade. The connection between cyclic economic changes and the number of people with disability is considered. The author examines the combination of approaches to anticrisis management and the dynamics of public spending on programmes for people with disabilities as well as on alternative support schemes and social security in general. The author analyses the level of social protection of people with disability: poverty and inequality data based on research data and self-administered health condition evaluation. The article discusses the factors which mitigate the negative effects of the reforms, contribute to the reduction of social tension or, on the contrary, decrease social security in the long-term perspective.

scholarly journals What Welfare States Do: A Disaggregated Expenditure Approach

2009 ◽  
Vol 38 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-62 ◽  
Author(s):  
FRANCIS G. CASTLES
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Large Degree ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Social Spending ◽  
National Differences ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Expenditure Data ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Welfare State Regimes

AbstractThis article suggests that an alternative to a social rights of citizenship approach to comparing welfare states is to use disaggregated programme expenditure data to identify the diverse spending priorities of different types of welfare state. An initial descriptive analysis shows that four major categories of social spending (cash spending on older people and those of working age; service spending on health and for other purposes) are almost entirely unrelated to one another and that different welfare state regimes or families of nations exhibit quite different patterns of spending. The article proceeds to demonstrate that both the determinants and the outcomes of these different categories of spending also differ quite radically. In policy terms, most importantly, the article shows that cross-national differences in poverty and inequality among advanced nations are to a very large degree a function of the extent of cash spending on programmes catering to the welfare needs of those of working age.

scholarly journals Social Provision of Disabled People in Welfare States: the Scope of Social Benefits and Anti-Crisis Regulation. Part 2

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 238-249
Author(s):  
Elena Kulagina
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Health Condition ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Disabled People ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Economic Changes ◽  
Condition Evaluation ◽  
People With Disability

The article consists of two separate publications (Part 1 and Part 2) and analyses social security policy towards people with disability at working age in developed welfare states (social-democratic, conservative-corporatist and neoliberal regimes). Part 2 analyses reform strategies of state assistance programmes for disabled people on the basis of international research as well as statistical data of the EU and OECD for the past 30 years, while considering the changes in the economic climate. The article attends for the funding: expenditures for the programmes (as percentage of GDP and per capita) during periods of economic growth, the 2008–2009 crisis and the following decade. The connection between cyclic economic changes and the number of people with disability is considered. The author examines the combination of approaches to anticrisis management and the dynamics of public spending on programmes for people with disabilities as well as on alternative support schemes and social security in general. The author analyses the level of social protection of people with disability: poverty and inequality data based on research data and self-administered health condition evaluation. The article discusses the factors which mitigate the negative effects of the reforms, contribute to the reduction of social tension or, on the contrary, decrease social security in the long-term perspective.

POLICY OF SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY IN VIETNAM

2019 ◽  
pp. 40-45
Author(s):  
T. T. Dinh ◽  
T. H. Nguyen ◽  
N. Lu Quang
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Security Policy

An Analysis of Social Security Policy for Youth in Korea Using the Framework of Gilbert and Specht

2019 ◽  
Vol 26 (9) ◽  
pp. 371-398
Author(s):  
Chul-Hoi Koo ◽  
Hye Jeong Oh ◽  
Byoungduk Sohn
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Social Security Policy

Austrian Veto against European Union Membership Negotiations with Turkey

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 103-122
Author(s):  
Ewa Kaczan-Winiarska
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
European Commission ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Negotiation Process ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Strategic Partner ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
European Standards ◽  
The Eu

The Austrian government is extremely sceptical about the accession negotiations which are conducted by the European Commission on behalf of the European Union with Turkey and calls for the negotiation process to end. Serious reservations of Vienna have been raised by the current political situation in Turkey under the rule of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, as well as by the standards of democracy in Turkey, which differ greatly from European standards. Serious deficiencies in rule of law, freedom of speech and independence of the judiciary, confirmed in the latest European Commission report on Turkey, do not justify, from Vienna’s point of view, the continuation of talks with Ankara on EU membership. In fact, Austria’s scepticism about the European perspective for Turkey has a longer tradition. This was marked previously in 2005 when the accession negotiations began. Until now, Austria’s position has not had enough clout within the European arena. Pragmatic cooperation with Turkey as a strategic partner of the EU, both in the context of the migration crisis and security policy, proved to be a key factor. The question is whether Austria, which took over the EU presidency from 1.7.2018, will be able to more strongly accentuate its reservations about Turkey and even build an alliance of Member States strong enough to block Turkey’s accession process.

COHORT-SPECIFIC EFFECTS OF SOCIAL SECURITY POLICY

1981 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-28
Author(s):  
DEAN R. LEIMER ◽  
PETER A. PETRI
Keyword(s):  
Social Security ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Specific Effects ◽  
Social Security Policy

Where is the justice in EU anti-trafficking policy? Feminist reflections on European Union policy-making processes

2021 ◽  
pp. 135050682110293
Author(s):  
Sharron FitzGerald ◽  
Jane Freedman
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Sex Trafficking ◽  
Personal Experience ◽  
Security Policy ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
European Union Policy ◽  
Union Policy ◽  
Policy Forum ◽  
The Eu

In this article, we reflect on our personal experience of acting as ‘independent academic experts’ in an European Union (EU) policy forum, to reflect on how the EU utilises gender to legitimise certain policy discourses in combating sex trafficking. Starting from our personal experience, we draw on wider feminist research on gender expertise and on Fraser’s new reflexive theory of political injustice, to consider how the EU structures debates in this area to determine ‘who’ is entitled to speak and be heard on this issue. In a context in which sex trafficking policy intersects with a variety of competing agendas on – among other things – law and order, organised crime, immigration, asylum and border security policy, our argument will suggest that the exclusion of critical feminist voices and lack of alternative perspectives permits much scope for continuing inequality and injustice.

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