Week 10

Question 1

Welfare state definition

Answer 1

-capitalist society in which the state has intervened in the form of social policies etc in order to mitigate class conflict and provide for certain social needs for which the capitalist mode of production in itself has no solution or makes no provision

Question 2

Dichotomous welfare state typology

Answer 2

-residual welfare state
-institutional welfare state

Question 3

Residual welfare state

Answer 3

-like market model
-only to mediate short term poverty
-smaller range of social welfare measures
-stringent eligibility criteria and rules
-means testing

Question 4

What does means testing mean

Answer 4

-person has to use all money saved before accessing welfare service

Question 5

Institutional welfare state

Answer 5

-like polis model
-services are citizen entitled protections
-promotion of well being and prevention of problems
-comprehensive benefits
-free market allocation of resources seen as inferior means of addressing social need

Question 6

Epsing-andersens typology

Answer 6

-liberal
-conservative
-social democratic

Question 7

Countries with liberal typology

Answer 7

-australia
-canada
-ireland
-UK
-US

Question 8

Countries with conservative typology

Answer 8

-belgium
-france
-germany
-netherlands
-switzerland

Question 9

Countries with social democratic typology

Answer 9

-denmark
-finland
-norway
-sweden

Question 10

Liberal welfare typology

Answer 10

-citizens are dependent on market and earned income for social good and services
-usually means or income tested
-benefits seen as last resort
-maintains and reinforces existing patterns of inequality

Question 11

Conservative welfare typology

Answer 11

-less emphasis on market and more emphasis on families providing social welfare
-redistribution of income over peoples lifetimes
-maintains inequalities but alleviate suffering from being on bottom

Question 12

Social democratic welfare typology

Answer 12

-social goods and services provided as a matter of citizen rights
-strong, active labour movements and policies
-key priority is full employment
-universal rather than targeted social welfare
-committed to reducing inequality and poverty

Question 13

Types of social spending and policies

Answer 13

-health care
-education and training
-pensions
-support for people with disabilities
-unemployment benefits
-social assistance or welfare
-minimum wage

Question 14

What is the best percentage to look at to determine which welfare state a country follows

Answer 14

-support for people with disabilities