Kiess, J., Norman, L., Temple, L. et al. (1 more author) (2017) Path dependency and convergence of three worlds of welfare policy during the Great Recession: UK, Germany and Sweden. Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy, 33 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN 2169-9763
Abstract
This paper investigates policy responses to the Great Recession in Sweden, the United Kingdom and Germany. Faced with the global financial crisis in 2007, responses in the respective countries differed considerably and followed the “old” paths of their institutional legacies. We focus on labour market and social welfare policies and demonstrate how these differing responses were shaped by path-dependent ideational paradigms. Since these paradigms are first and foremost carried by policy communities, the analysis does not, in contrast to prior studies, only rely on policy documents but outlines the process as seen from the perspective of key public officials and experts in the respective fields. The paper shows how the crisis was perceived and which kinds of arguments were used for explaining the liberal (UK), conservative (Germany) and social–democratic (Sweden) responses to crisis.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of International and Comparative Social Policy on 01 Feb 2017, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/21699763.2017.1281832. |
Keywords: | welfare state; policy change; economic crisis; labour policy; path dependency; convergence |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 20 Apr 2017 11:27 |
Last Modified: | 01 Feb 2018 01:39 |
Published Version: | https://doi.org/10.1080/21699763.2017.1281832 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1080/21699763.2017.1281832 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:115229 |