De-universalization and Selective Social Investment in Scandinavia?
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 23136113 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kees Van Kersbergen (0000-0001-7607-2447), Jonas Kraft (0000-0002-1328-2620) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Publication date | 2017-07-20 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | BOOK |
| Venue | The Uses of Social Investment (SOURCE_BOOK) |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/oso/9780198790488.003.0019 |
| OpenAlex | W2979708531 |
| ISBN | 9780198790488 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
The Scandinavian welfare states are at a critical turning point. Their future depends on the extent to which universalism continues to be the principle of social policy. Middle-class politics plays a decisive role in determining welfare state principles and outcomes. The surprising development is that, while the welfare state remains popular, reforms have made it much less universal than it used to be. Programmes aimed particularly at the poor and disadvantaged have been cut, while programmes particularly enjoyed by the middle class have been expanded. Such de-universalization and ‘selective social investments’ were neither expected nor can they be easily explained by the conventional wisdom on the Scandinavian welfare states. Why does this happen? Is the middle class abandoning universalism? How are social investment policies affected?
Development economics · Disadvantaged · Economic growth · Economics · Economy · Investment (military) · Market economy · Middle class · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social class · Social policy · State (computer science) · Universalism · Universalization · Welfare · Welfare state · Law · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2022 (3) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |