Local Autonomy and Welfare Policy: Focusing on the Process of Forming Welfare Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 699-710
Author(s):  
Jaesul Lee
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Local Autonomy ◽  
Welfare Policies

scholarly journals Solo Parents: Mother-Work and/or Other Work? Libreal, Conservative and Solidaristic Policies

1970 ◽  
Author(s):  
Celia Briar
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Collective Responsibility ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Individual Responsibility ◽  
Ideal Types ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
Community Responsibility ◽  
Policy Direction

In recent years, New Zealand has been following the American lead in expecting solo parents (in practice mainly mothers) to move off state benefits and rely upon a combination of their own earnings from paid employment plus contributions from the absent parent. However; whilst this policy direction is fast becoming the greater norm in the 'residual' welfare states of the English speaking nations, there are greater variations in Europe. For the purposes of this paper, three broad classifications in welfare policy towards mothers are used: liberal (prioritising individual responsibility), conservative (a focus on family and community responsibility) and solidaristic (state/collective responsibility). These are of course 'ideal types', and the welfare policies of all nations examined contain elements of all three approaches to welfare. The paper assesses the extent to which each of these approaches provides solo mothers with genuine options regarding paid I unpaid work, and freedom from poverty.

Placing Dignity at the Center of Welfare Policy

2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 227-239 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chak Kwan Chan
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Limited Application

In response to the vagueness of dignity and its limited application in social welfare, this article attempts to explore the content of dignity and discuss its implications for welfare policies. Dignity concerns living respectfully, for which having equal value, self-respect, autonomy and positive mutuality is essential. The article argues that institutional dignification, community respect and human development are three welfare directions for facilitating the possession of dignity.

Social Welfare Policy

2020 ◽  
pp. 444-463
Author(s):  
Joel Blau
Keyword(s):  
Income Inequality ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
First Century ◽  
Standard Of Living ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Human Needs ◽  
Historical Factors

This chapter examines the main themes in social welfare policy. These themes include the assumption that poor people are responsible for their own poverty; a belief in the marketplace as the best means of addressing human needs; and a consequent wariness of federal social welfare interventions. Analyzing social welfare policy’s multiple and conflicting roles, it then traces these themes as they have manifested themselves throughout U.S. history. The chapter concludes by contending that while these historical factors may have all contributed to less comprehensive social welfare policies, their inadequacies effectively reopen the issue of what social welfare should become in the twenty-first century, when neoliberalism and rising income inequality have heightened the fears of so many Americans about their declining standard of living.

Congressional Oversight and Social Welfare Policy

Oversight ◽  
2011 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael D. Minta
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Congressional Oversight ◽  
The Poor

This chapter examines the advocacy efforts of members of Congress for policies designed to help poor people. It investigates whether the differences that exist between black, Latino, and white legislators in racial and ethnic hearings also occur in social welfare hearings. It examine legislators' interventions in committee deliberations during part of the Clinton era (1993–1997) and the first term of the George W. Bush presidency (2001–2003). It focuses on how actively legislators engaged in the deliberations in terms of questioning witnesses and interacting with fellow members of Congress. It also examines other legislative interventions, such as testifying at hearings in favor of social welfare policies that benefit the poor and requesting hearings designed to help poor people, who are disproportionately minorities.

Parties and policy: Convergence of pledges by Congress and the BJP in India 2009–2019

2021 ◽  
pp. 205789112110501
Author(s):  
Prakash Sarangi
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Political Representation ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Policy Convergence ◽  
General Elections

This article is an attempt to assess the extent of convergence in the policies of two major national political parties in India – Congress and the BJP – by examining their electoral pledges as expressed in their manifestoes during the last three general elections. We assumed that political parties take a stand on various policies to influence the opinion of the electorate. We arrive at the following conclusions. (1) Both the parties tend to respond to the needs of the marginalized – most of whom happen to be located at the median points of electorally salient policies. (2) Many of their promises in the areas of welfare policy are almost identical. The two parties hardly contradict each other on any of the major policies. (3) The beneficiaries of welfare policies tend to vote for a party that is formulating a favourable policy and is providing good governance. There is new trend in political representation in India. The needs and expectations of citizens are emerging as the primary determinants in the policy formulation of political parties.

scholarly journals (De)Constructing The “Lazy Indian”: An Historical Analysis of Welfare Reform in Canada

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Robyn Taylor-Neu ◽  
Tracy Friedel ◽  
Alison Taylor ◽  
Tibetha Kemble
Keyword(s):  
Welfare Reform ◽  
First Nations ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Historical Analysis ◽  
Policy Discourse ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
Historical Overview ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Self Sufficiency

Since their official inception in the mid 1800s, Indigenous-aimed welfare policies in Canada have presupposed and entailed a racialized subject: the “lazy Indian.” This paper highlights continuities in how Indigenous subjects have been constructed in welfare policy discourse from 1867 to the present. Building from this historical overview, we analyze how today’s neoliberally inflected federal welfare regime at once recodes and reinscribes preexisting ethical narratives of “productive” and “unproductive” citizens, effectively casting Indigenous peoples as non-workers and thus “undeserving” of welfare relief. As our analysis indicates, further reform of welfare policies for Canada’s First Nations must first puncture the persistent myth of the “lazy Indian” in order to attend to the lasting legacy of colonial governance, contemporary barriers to self-sufficiency, and ongoing struggles for politico-economic sovereignty.

scholarly journals SOCIAL WELFARE POLICY PREFERENCES IN LATVIA: EVIDENCE FROM ISSP SURVEYS

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
pp. 678-684
Author(s):  
Mareks Niklass
Keyword(s):  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Policy Preferences ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Economic Factors ◽  
Government Interventions ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Self Interest ◽  
Over Time

This study seeks to find out how social welfare policy preferences have changed over time and what factors account for those preferences in Latvia. The author analyses ISSP survey data gathered in 1996, 2007 and 2016. The data analysis shows that most Latvians still support government interventions in providing social welfare. However, economic factors like material wellbeing and self-interest have decreased the overall support for social welfare policies during the last 20 years. The article provides a long-term perspective missing in previous studies on social welfare policy preferences in Eastern Europe.

scholarly journals Employment-Friendly Welfare Policy and Information Asymmetry: Evidence from Sweden and Korea

2016 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 133-152
Author(s):  
Kwon Illoong ◽  
Lee Jin Ho
Keyword(s):  
Moral Hazard ◽  
Information Asymmetry ◽  
Adverse Selection ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Tax Policies ◽  
Unemployment Benefits ◽  
Policy Reforms ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Selection Problems ◽  
Theoretical Predictions

This paper provides a simple theoretical framework for analyzing how welfare polices can affect the incentive to work and compares the recent welfare policy reforms of Sweden and Korea. Sweden has systematically reformed its welfare policies in response to slowing population and economic growth and an aging population. This paper shows that recent Swedish reforms of tax policies and unemployment benefits bear out theoretical predictions that such reforms will help reduce moral hazard and adverse selection problems. In comparison, recent Korean reforms of tax policies and unemployment benefits have focused on moral hazard problems but have largely ignored adverse selection problems.

scholarly journals Who Deserves Welfare and Who Does Not? Comment on "A Scoping Review of Populist Radical Right Parties’ Influence on Welfare Policy and its Implications for Population Health in Europe"

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jasper Muis
Keyword(s):  
Scoping Review ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Radical Right ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Main Claim ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Populist Radical Right ◽  
Short Commentary ◽  
Radical Right Parties

To what extent has the rise of populist radical right (PRR) parties in Europe affected welfare policies? Based on a scoping review of studies that address the relationship between PRR parties and welfare policy, Chiara Rinaldi and Marleen Bekker conclude that, due to their welfare chauvinistic positions, the participation of PRR parties in government coalitions is likely to have negative effects on the access to welfare provisions and health of vulnerable population groups. This short commentary reflects on this review article and critically examines its conclusion. It suggests some conceptual clarifications, raises some reservations about the review’s main claim, and provides some follow-up questions.

Historical Context

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Welfare Policy ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Social Welfare Policy ◽  
Charitable Organizations ◽  
Welfare Policies ◽  
Assistance Programs ◽  
The Great Depression ◽  
The Welfare State

The chapter explores the origin of social welfare policies in welfare states in Western democratic countries. It traces the state of poverty in most Western democracies before the Great Depression of 1930s, and states' interventions with welfare social assistance programs previously handled by communities, churches, and charitable organizations. The chapter, therefore, examines the historical context of social welfare policy, the nature of the welfare state regime, modern welfare state approaches to social welfare policy, and the market and global economies and the welfare state.

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