The welfare state and the life course. Examining the interrelationship between welfare arrangements and inequality dynamics.

Autor/inn/en	de Graaf, Willibrord; Maier, Robert
Titel	The welfare state and the life course. Examining the interrelationship between welfare arrangements and inequality dynamics. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Der Wohlfahrtsstaat und der Lebenslauf. Untersuchung des Zusammenhangs zwischen Wohlfahrtsarrangements und der Ungleichheitsdynamik.
Quelle	In: Social policy & administration, (2015) 15. Juni 2015, 16 S. PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0144-5596; 1467-9515
DOI	10.1111/spol.12153
Schlagwörter	Soziale Ungleichheit; Soziale Norm; Aktivierung; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Bildungspolitik; Europa; Krankheit; Reformpolitik; Soziale Ungleichheit; Sozialpolitik; Bildungspolitik; Auswirkung; Gesundheitspolitik; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Berufliche Mobilität; Soziale Norm; Lebenslanges Lernen; Pflegebedürftigkeit; Rentenpolitik; Europäische Union; Krankheit; Aktivierung; Gesundheitspolitik; Reformpolitik; Sozialpolitik; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Verteilungseffekt; Arbeitslosigkeit; Arbeitsmarktpolitik; Berufliche Mobilität; Rentenpolitik; Lebenslanges Lernen; Pflegebedürftigkeit; Auswirkung; Europäische Union; Europa
Abstract	The transformation of welfare state arrangements in European countries during the last two decades can not only be described as realizing an activating welfare state, but also as centred on specific life course transitions which are considered as critical. A number of new welfare arrangements have been set up or older ones have been modified taking into account the critical phases of the life course. These new welfare arrangements attribute new rights over resources to well-specified groups in terms of their life course events. The article first presents a selective overview of new welfare arrangements which are (in explicit or implicit ways) linked to specific phases and transitions of the life course in the different European countries; and, second, it analyzes the consequences of these new welfare arrangements on inequality. These arrangements establish (mostly implicitly) norms, which appear to define a role of an active, responsible and 'able' employee and citizen for everybody. However, the general starting positions of various groups of the population (such as women) and the existing welfare provisions constitute an obstacle to providing equal starting positions and an equal opportunity for pursuing one's life course according to the established norms. Therefore, the effects of these new welfare arrangements can have significant impacts on outcomes, and can therefore transform substantially the existing picture of inequalities. (Author's abstract, IAB-Doku).
Erfasst von	Institut für Arbeitsmarkt- und Berufsforschung, Nürnberg
Update	2016/2