Sozialpolitik in Demokratien und Autokratien

Schmidt, Manfred G.

doi:10.1007/978-3-658-22803-3_13

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“…In the case of LTC, these could be groups directly affected by (the risk of ) care dependency, but also those indirectly affected, such as family caregivers and people working in the formal care sector. Although the connection between regime type and the size of the welfare state is not straightforward (Schmidt 2019;Schmitt et al 2015, 511), we explore the following hypothesis: The more democratic a country is, the higher is the likelihood of LTC system introduction (H3d, regime type hypothesis).…”

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Introduction of Long-Term Care Systems: The Nascent Diffusion of an Emergent Field of Social Policy

Fischer

Polte

Sternkopf

2021

Networks and Geographies of Global Social Policy Diffusion

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The introduction of social protection schemes for long-term cares that is assistance with daily living activities in case of extended impairments, constitutes a comparably recent development. Taking a birds-eye perspective, this chapter explores which international interdependencies and national constellations contributed to the establishment of long-term case systems from 1945 to 2010. In particular, we investigate the relevance of channels of horizontal diffusion, that is, geographic proximity, cultural similarity, and colonial ties, the influence of the European Union as well as domestic factors such as problem pressure and women’s political empowerment.

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confidence: 99%