Women and the Welfare State in the Nordic Countries

2019 ◽  
pp. 224-247
Author(s):  
Elina Haavio-Mannila ◽  
Kaisa Kauppinen
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
The Welfare State

scholarly journals REGULATIONS IN THE SOCIAL WELFARE STATE: NORDIC COUNTRIES AND TURKEY EXAMPLE

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Nagihan Ozkanca Andic ◽  
Ekrem Karayilmazlar
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Welfare ◽  
Public Expenditure ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Data Envelopment ◽  
Analysis Method ◽  
Political Factors ◽  
The Public ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Welfare State

The Public Expenditure/GDP ratio is one of the most significant metrics that measure the state's share of the economy. It can be said that there is an interventionist state type in countries where this rate is high, or it can be argued that the share of the public sector in the economy is low in countries where this rate is low. It is also possible to argue that the countries' economic, sociological, and political factors play an essential role in determining this ratio. Regulations, which are the most important tools of the welfare state, may arise through economic controls as well as through social policies. This study aims to find an answer to the question of whether this situation is possible for a developing country such as Turkey while Nordic countries, which determine a system different from other welfare models, succeed in raising social welfare without giving up the principles such as equality and justice that they have despite the globalization effect. The data obtained by various methods were subjected to comparison using the Data Envelopment Analysis method in order to achieve this purpose. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0777/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

The Beginnings of the Nordic Welfare States: Similarities and Differences

1978 ◽  
Vol 21 (1_suppl) ◽  
pp. 9-33 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stein Kuhnle
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Insurance ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Present Stage ◽  
Compulsory Insurance ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Welfare State

The beginning of our present stage in the development of the welfare state can be traced to Bismarck's large-scale social insurance schemes of the 1880s. The article compares various political and economic macro-characteristics of the Nordic countries at that time, and proposes hypotheses about the timing of legislation in the Nordic nations, and about the likelihood for Nordic imitations of the principle of compulsory insurance. The article discusses why Denmark was expected to become, and in fact became, a forerunner in the Nordic context, and why the principle of compulsory insurance stood a better chance of gaining acceptance in Norway than in Denmark and Sweden.

scholarly journals Are the Nordic Countries at a Crossroads?

2021 ◽  
pp. 293-303
Author(s):  
Henrik Tham
Keyword(s):  
Public Health ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
The Welfare State

Summarizing the results of the analyses about the possible retreat from the strict drug polices in the Nordic countries a clear answer cannot be given. Signs of changes seem however to be formed in public health terms, compatible with the idea of the welfare state.

scholarly journals Caring Economics and the Nordic Model

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 2
Author(s):  
Silvia Hedenigg
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Pilot Study ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Theoretical Concept ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Social State ◽  
The Social ◽  
Theoretical Assumptions ◽  
The Welfare State

Faced with the current spectrum of global crises, Riane Eisler's suggestions for socio-economic and ecological solutions are embedded in the theoretical concept of caring economics (Eisler, 2017). The concept of caring economics was developed alongside feminist positions, mainly from a United States angle, based on the welfare state systems of the Nordic countries. The study presented in this article focused on the underlying understanding of caring economics from a Nordic perspective. Based on an explanation of the Nordic Model, this article outlines the theoretical presentation of caring economics, which was scrutinized in the framework of a qualitative pilot study. Data was collected from interviews with 20 scientists from Norway, Sweden, and Finland. Three central statements of the interviews are presented and discussed with respect to Eisler's theoretical assumptions. Although Eisler's theses have been largely confirmed, the emphasis of the interviewees on the importance of cooperation is in slight contrast to the "caring" elements of empathy and compassion. The study indicates that further research should focus on investigating the importance of cooperation, especially in the context of trust, as a specifically Nordic element of the social state idea.

The Nordic Welfare Model in Norway and Scotland

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Hilson ◽  
Andrew G. Newby
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Historical Evolution ◽  
The Future ◽  
Scottish Independence ◽  
Welfare Model ◽  
The Welfare State

The idea of the Nordic model has been discussed as part of debates on Scottish independence for over four decades and featured prominently in the 2014 independence campaign. This chapter examines the idealized Scottish portrayal of Nordic and especially Norwegian society and the welfare state. The chapter summarises the main developments in the historical evolution of the Norwegian welfare state in a Nordic context and examines how the image of Norway and the Nordic countries have been used rhetorically in recent political discourse in Scotland. The authors note how constructions of these images are profoundly shaped by Scottish autostereotypes or self-images. For both sides in the independence debate, Norden and Norway are pliable entities that can be used either to support or to undermine specific visions of the future of Scotland.

scholarly journals The core of the Nordic health care system is not empty

2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carl Hampus Lyttkens ◽  
Terkel Christiansen ◽  
Unto Häkkinen ◽  
Oddvar Kaarboe ◽  
Matt Sutton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Care ◽  
Welfare State ◽  
Health Care System ◽  
Health Care Systems ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Nordic Countries ◽  
Care Systems ◽  
European Economies ◽  
The Welfare State ◽  
Care System

The Nordic countries are well-known for their welfare states. A very important feature of the welfare state is that it aims at easy and equal access to adequate health care for the entire population. For many years, the Nordic systems were automatically viewed as very similar, and they were placed in the same group when the OECD classified health care systems around the world. However, close inspection soon reveals that there are important differences between the health care systems of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Consequently, it is perhaps no surprise that the Nordic countries fell into three different categories when the OECD revised its classification a few years ago. In this paper, we revisit this issue and argue that the most important similarity across the Nordic countries is the institutional context in which the health care sector is embedded. Nordic health care exists in a high-trust, high-taxation setting of small open economies. With this background, we find a set of important similarities in the manner in which health care is organized and financed in the Nordic countries. To evaluate the performance of the Nordic health care system, we compare a few health quality indicators in the Nordic countries with those of five non-Nordic similarly small open European economies with the same level of income. Overall, the Nordic countries seem to be performing relatively well. Whether they will continue to do so will depend to a large extent on whether the welfare state will continue to reform itself as it has in the past.Published: April 2016.

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