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Inclusive growth : what future for the European social model?

Schmid, Günther - 2014

This essay starts, after a short introduction on the importance and dimensions of "inclusive growth", with a brief empirical sketch on to what extent Europe has already succeeded with respect to this ambitious goal. The result is quite sobering and gives rise to the question: why is it so? The...

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Does social cohesion really promote reforms?

Andréasson, Hannes; Elert, Niklas; Karlson, Nils - 2013

labeled social divisions, modern values, traditional nationalism, institutional commitment, and fairness as merit. The …

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Politics and the Room to Manoeuvre : Democracy, Social Opportunity and Poverty in India

Mitra, Subrata Kumar - 2020

Ownership is the essence of economic citizenship. Beyond actual possession, a sense of personal welfare and proprietorship, or at least the hope of achieving them, constitute a necessary and important complement to being stakeholders in a society. Together with efficacy and legitimacy, these are...

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Top-Down Accountability and the Politics of Social Spending in China

Liu, Derek Tai-Wei - 2013

Motivating subnational politicians to provide social welfare is an important issue for developing and transition economies that lack democratic accountability. Based on quantitative data and in-depth case study on China, I find that there is a mechanism of top-down accountability in...

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How effective are different social policies in Brazil? A simulation experiment

Arnold, Jens Matthias - 2021

Brazil spends around 15% of GDP on different social benefits, but within these expenditures, different benefits have different social impacts. While the small conditional cash transfer programme Bolsa Família is well-targeted to the poor and has a strong diminishing effect on inequality,...

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The Provision of Social Services in Italy between Federalization and Europeanization

Costamagna, Francesco - 2013

application of competition law, mainly of EU origin, is another factor that has contributed to unsettle the regulatory framework …

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Nonsectarian Welfare Statements

Sunstein, Cass R. - 2013

How can we measure whether national institutions in general, and regulatory institutions in particular, are dysfunctional? A central question is whether they are helping a nation’s citizens to live good lives. A full answer to that question would require a great deal of philosophical work, but...

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Greece as a Precautionary Tale of the Welfare State

Hatzis, Aristides N. - 2013

Few contemporary democracies offer tales of institutional failure as startling as that of Greece. Despite a turbulent political history in the twentieth century, the Greek economy gained ground during decades of actual wealth creation, until the country’s main parties started to compete on the...

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Social Equity : Adaptation of Social Justice from Law and Policy to American Public Administration

Fuhriman, Troy C - 2018

Given the rise of “social equity” as a norm in American public administration, it is important to understand how such norm fits within the broader context of social justice theories and movements. This paper traces origins and development of the normative concepts of social justice in...

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More Competition-Oriented Public Procurement to Foster Social Welfare

Sanchez-Graells, Albert - 2010

Competition is the best means to ensure efficient allocation of resources. Hence, the achievement of value for money … procurement can generate significant (negative) effects on market competition dynamics - which, in a significant number of … instances, result in a loss of efficiency and, ultimately, of social welfare. Therefore, competition-restrictive public …

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