The Three Worlds of Welfare Capitalism (Q23307667)

PART 1 The Three Welfare-State Regimes / 1. The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State / Welfare-State Regimes / p.27 / A second regime-type clusters nations such as Austria, France, Germany, and Italy. ... In these conservative and strongly ‘corporatist’ welfare states, the liberal obsession with market efficiency and commodification was never preeminent and, as such, the granting of social rights was hardly ever a seriously contested issue. (English)

welfare state

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liberal welfare-state (Anglo Saxon welfare-state)

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Index / p.246 / regimes, welfare-state / liberal (= Anglo Saxon) / 26-7,31,32 (English)

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PART 1 The Three Welfare-State Regimes / 1. The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State / Welfare-State Regimes / p.26 / In one cluster we find the ‘liberal’ welfare state, in which means-tested assistance, modest universal transfers, or modest social-insurance plans predominate. ... The archetypical examples of this model are the United States, Canada and Australia. (English)

welfare state

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social-democratic welfare-state (Scandinavian welfare-state)

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Index / p.246 / regimes, welfare-state / social-democratic (= Scandinavian) / 27-8,31,32 (English)

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PART 1 The Three Welfare-State Regimes / 1. The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State / Welfare-State Regimes / p.27 / The third, and clearly smallest, regime-cluster is composed of those countries in which the principles of universalism and de-commodification of social rights were extended also to the new middle classes. We may call it the 'social democratic' regime-type since, ... / In the ... The Scandinavian countries may be predominantly social democratic, ... (English)