26 The future of welfare states?
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Bent Greve
Abstract
This chapter attempts to condense the knowledge that can be deduced from the chapters in the book, combined with an interpretation of the key challenges for welfare states. There seems to be no doubt that there will still be a need for welfare states in one way or another, although the form, size and approach will continue to differ across countries - and in broader groups of welfare regimes.The challenges that are looked at in more detail in this chapter is: Technology, Demography, Financing, Inequality and Legitimacy. These five elements are often connected, although they are presented here separately
Abstract
This chapter attempts to condense the knowledge that can be deduced from the chapters in the book, combined with an interpretation of the key challenges for welfare states. There seems to be no doubt that there will still be a need for welfare states in one way or another, although the form, size and approach will continue to differ across countries - and in broader groups of welfare regimes.The challenges that are looked at in more detail in this chapter is: Technology, Demography, Financing, Inequality and Legitimacy. These five elements are often connected, although they are presented here separately
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
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Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
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Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
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Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Contents V
-
Part I Research methods
- 1 Contemporary welfare states and their challenges 3
- 2 Four families of theories to understand welfare state change 13
- 3 Evidence-Based Policy-Making 29
-
Part II Welfare regimes
- 4 Nordic welfare states: up to challenge? 47
- 5 Continental European welfare states 65
- 6 Liberal welfare states 85
- 7 The Southern European welfare model 101
- 8 Eastern European welfare states 119
- 9 In search of a suitable path for welfare system development in China 135
- 10 East Asia: welfare determinants and issues in the post-developmentalism era 151
-
Part III Issues and challenges
- 11 Health policy in a comparative perspective 173
- 12 COVID-19 and the welfare state: impacts, mechanisms, and responses 187
- 13 Through the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives for the welfare state 213
- 14 Long-Term Care in ageing societies 233
- 15 Pension 255
- 16 The legitimacy of the welfare state in the age of migration 271
- 17 Education and the welfare state: worlds of early school leaving in Europe 285
- 18 Economic inequality – a growing issue? 309
- 19 Poverty in the five welfare regimes of Europe 321
- 20 Employment and unemployment 343
- 21 Sustainability 359
- 22 Populism 375
- 23 Behavioural public policy 389
- 24 North–South divide and global social policy 403
- 25 Incentives-disincentives – the benefit side of the welfare states 417
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Part IV Future research needs
- 26 The future of welfare states? 433
- Contributors to this volume 439
