Retrenchment Reconsidered: Continuity and Change in the Post-Authoritarian Institutions of Chilean Social Policy

AbstractThis article discusses the development of social policy in Turkey from a gender perspective. Focusing on continuities and changes in the formal social security system and the labor market regulation, it aims to describe the place of women in social policy until today. I argue that social policy measures from the late Ottoman era to the single-party period laid the foundation for later gendered policy approaches through specific assumptions on women's roles and position. With the introduction of a modern social security system in the post-World War II period women have increasingly become integrated into the system, either as workers or as dependents of workers; however, assumptions about women's place in the family and the labor market did not change much. Familial dependency and traditional gender norms were assumed and reinforced through certain gender-differentiated policies, and women workers have been encouraged to go back home. Over the last two decades, however, the conceptualization of women in social policy formulations has shifted towards a policy that encourages female labor and equal treatment of genders.

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Continuity and Change in the Korean Welfare Regime

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279405009517 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 35 (2) ◽

pp. 247-265 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

HONG KYUNG ZOON ◽

SONG HO KEUN

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Private Sector ◽

Social Services ◽

Welfare Regime ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

The Core ◽

The Family ◽

Income Maintenance ◽

Social Expenditures

As a result of the consolidation of democracy and the spread of globalisation, the Korean welfare regime has undergone significant changes. This article examines the changes that have occurred since the 1990s. Overall social policy has benefited from a marked increase in expenditure since the 1990s. This has been especially visible in terms of the ratio of social expenditures to GDP, which reached 11 per cent by 1998. These changes in Korean social policy brought about a readjustment of the roles of both government and the private sector. The development of income maintenance programmes has been the core change within the Korean welfare regime. Unlike income maintenance programmes, public social services have developed at a rather sluggish pace. The provision of social services has long been regarded as the responsibility of the family and has changed relatively little in comparison to income maintenance programmes. Although Korean social policy has undergone remarkable changes, it would be erroneous to argue that a complete shift in the welfare regime has taken place.

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“Women without guardians” in Iran: gender, cultural assumptions, and social policy

Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy ◽

10.1080/21699763.2013.803997 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 29 (1) ◽

pp. 48-63

Author(s):

Rezvan Ostadalidehaghi ◽

Daniel Béland

Keyword(s):

Social Policy ◽

Policy Process ◽

Original Problem ◽

Policy Formulation ◽

Problem Definition ◽

Policy Adoption ◽

Relative Power ◽

Cultural Assumptions ◽

Continuity And Change

This article explores the role of cultural assumptions in the formation of the only Iranian social programme designed exclusively for women, “Empowering Women without Guardians”. It examines these assumptions at different stages of the policy process: problem definition, policy formulation, and policy adoption. As shown, assumptions behind the adopted policy are not consistent with the ones underlying the original problem definition; women are considered mothers at the problem definition stage, but at the policy adoption stage they are understood as workers. The relative power of these assumptions helps explain both continuity and change in Iranian social policy towards women.

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Social Movements and Social Policy: New Research Horizons

Journal of Social Policy ◽

10.1017/s0047279421001008 ◽

2022 ◽

pp. 1-14

Author(s):

ARMINE ISHKANIAN

Keyword(s):

Social Movements ◽

Social Policy ◽

Social Movement ◽

Policy Research ◽

Global Perspective ◽

Continuity And Change ◽

Interdisciplinary Field ◽

Policy Fields ◽

Progressive Policy ◽

New Research

Abstract Across the globe, movements are confronting states and elites, challenging inequalities and mobilising for greater justice, a stronger voice, and progressive policy changes. In this article, I bridge the divide between Social Policy and the interdisciplinary field of Social Movement Studies. I examine how and why social movements, as actors in policy fields and social movement theories, matter for social policy. I argue that research on social movements as actors and engagement with social movement theories can open new horizons in Social Policy research by advancing our understanding of the politics of policy from a global perspective and strengthening our analytical and explanatory frameworks of agency, ideas, and power in the study of continuity and change of policy.

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