The politics of the new social policies: providing coverage against new social risks in mature welfare states

Bonoli, Giuliano

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“…S novim se socijalnim rizicima ljudi danas susreću tijekom cijelog svog života, kao posljedicom gospodarskih i društvenih promjena vezanih uz prijelaz na postindustrijsko društvo. Među nove socijalne rizike uvrštavamo posjedovanje nedostatnih ili zastarjelih vještina zbog promjene obrazaca ekonomije i rada, nedovoljnu, odnosno neodgovarajuću obrazovanost koja je posljedica nepriuštivosti i nedostupnosti obrazovanja koje je potrebno za suvremeno tržište radne snage, poteškoće u usklađi-vanju radnih i obiteljskih obaveza, samohrano roditeljstvo, potrebe skrbi o starijim ili nemoćnim osobama, nedovoljnu pokrivenost sustavom socijalne zaštite zbog neprilagođenog funkcioniranja sustava ili atipične radne karijere (Bonoli, 2005(Bonoli, ., 2007Esping-Anderson, 2002.;Taylor-Gooby, 2004.). Skupine koje se pritom mogu izdvojiti kao one u najvećem riziku su mladi, oni s niskom razinom vještina te žene.…”

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Socijalne inovacije kao doprinos jačanju socijalne kohezije i ublažavanju socijalne krize u europskim urbanim socijalnim programima

Bežovan¹,

Matančević²,

Baturina³

2016

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Socijalne inovacije kao doprinos jačanju socijalne kohezije i ublažavanju socijalne krize u europskim urbanim socijalnim programima

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Baturina³

2016

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“…Accordingly, family policies supporting work/family reconciliation were most poorly developed. Hence, in East Asia, as elsewhere in the developed world (Bonoli, 2005; Esping-Andersen, 1999), we have also been witnessing the emergence of the "new social risk" of work/family conflicts (related to both the care of children and frail elderly) (Abe, 2010;Peng, 2004;Tsai, 2011). …”

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Democratization, post-industrialization, and East Asian welfare capitalism: the politics of welfare state reform in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

Fleckenstein

Lee

2017

J. int. comp. soc. policy

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This review article provides an overview of the scholarship on the establishment and reform of East Asian welfare capitalism. The developmental welfare state theory and the related productivist welfare regime approach have dominated the study of welfare states in the region. This essay, however, shows that a growing body of research challenges the dominant literature. We identify two key driving factors of welfare reform in East Asia, namely democratization and post-industrialization; and discuss how these two drivers have undermined the political and functional underpinnings of the post-war equilibrium of the East Asian welfare/production regime. Its unfolding transformation and the new politics of social policy in the region challenge the notion of "East Asian exceptionalism", and we suggest that recent welfare reforms call for a better integration of the region into the literature of advanced political economies to allow for cross-fertilization between Eastern and Western literatures.Keywords: Democratization, Post-Industrialization, Welfare Capitalism, Developmentalism, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan.East Asian welfare states have experienced comprehensive reforms in the last two decades.Following the regional "pioneer" of Japan, the neighbouring South Korea and Taiwan have introduced unemployment protection schemes, and have universalized health-care provision and old-age security. Also observed has been increased state intervention in child and longterm care in the region, including Japan. Welfare state expansion in the three countries, with the rise of social citizenship, challenges perceived wisdom in the literature. According to de-3 velopmental welfare state theory, and the related productivist welfare regime approach, social policy (driven by technocrats) is strictly subordinated to the primary policy goal of economic development, and therefore social welfare provision is confined to "productive" parts of the population (in particular, regular workers in key industries). However, recent policy expansion benefited presumably "non-productive" parts of the population as well (such as the unemployed, women, children, and the elderly), whilst the deregulation of employment protection undermined the developmentalist "welfare-through-work" system. This article reviews the literature on the establishment and reform of East Asian welfare capitalism. In so doing, we focus on the research examining the political and socio-economic drivers of the unfolding transformation of East Asian welfare capitalism; with a focus on Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. We show how democratization (that is, the end of authoritarianism in Korea and Taiwan, and the end of one-party dominance in Japan) and post-industrialization (that is, both labour market and family changes, such as the rise in female employment and the decline of traditional families) have undermined the post-war equilibrium of the East Asian welfare/production regime. Democratization has allowed the rise of political parties and societal actors in social policy-maki...

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“…First, Western European welfare models have been significantly transformed in the last decade, with the ability to respond to changes in the environment [30][31][32]. These national responses have been studied both within individual countries and comparatively [33][34][35][36][37], although usually within the frame of methodological nationalism.…”

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Futures of European welfare models and policies: seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states

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The key research question is to discuss and elaborate the potential value added that futures studies could provide for European citizens and political, social and economic institutions. In the article the problems of European welfare policy issues are theoretically described and analysed. In the article broader framework to understand key policy issues of European welfare policy challenges are defined. A general analysis and generic model for European welfare policy is presented. The Authors also present futures oriented methodological approach to analyse and solve new challenges of European welfare policy problems. Key contributions of this article are: (1) Analysis of theoretical basis for construction of welfare models in future environments, (2) the relationship between research questions and topics in welfare policy planning and management, (3) the analysis of the relationship between futures oriented research questions, methodological stages and outcomes in the field of European welfare policy and (4) the concrete methodological proposal how futures research methodology can help to solve future puzzles of European welfare policy.

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The politics of the new social policies: providing coverage against new social risks in mature welfare states

Cited by 568 publications

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Socijalne inovacije kao doprinos jačanju socijalne kohezije i ublažavanju socijalne krize u europskim urbanim socijalnim programima

Socijalne inovacije kao doprinos jačanju socijalne kohezije i ublažavanju socijalne krize u europskim urbanim socijalnim programima

Democratization, post-industrialization, and East Asian welfare capitalism: the politics of welfare state reform in Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan

Futures of European welfare models and policies: seeking actual research questions, and new problem-solving arsenal for European welfare states

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