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Innovation through Local Welfare

Culture: The Capacity of Inter-

generational Relations to Act

against Social and Economic Risks

Local welfare systems and social

cohesion

10-12 June 2013

DragoLucian Ivan

The National School of Political Studies and Public Administration of

Bucharest,

Visiting PhDc at Universitat Autonoma Barcelona

[email protected]
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IntroductionHypothesis

H1. The successful transfer of national welfare policies to

local entities able to re-construct intergenerational

relationships is the key to limiting the financial burden that

crushes European potential for development.H2. The welfare state can be based around the national

coverage of the state and the local coverage of the

people, seen as active counterparts through inter-

generational relationships.

H3. The local systems are in need of help from the welfare

state. .

H4. The family through intergenerational relationships

supplied services for each other, but they also transferred

material possessions


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Definition:

Role of the state in the protection against life risks: A big publicinsurance company (Social Security), which also owns, or contracts

with, a service provision company/ies

It usually includes:

- Cash benefits: old age, unemploym., sick leave, maternity pensions

- In-kind benefits or welfare services: HC, social care, education

But when is protection against risks extensive enough for an state to

be called welfare state?:

When is protection againsts risks so extensive that it becomes

inefficient at the local level?

When do we need to combine national welfare systems with local

welfare systems?

The role of state/market/familyin protection from risks?

Definition and measurement


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DEMOCRATICGOVERNMENT &

INSTITUTIONS

PUBLIC & SOCIAL

INSURANCE

PUBLIC WELFARE

SERVICE

PRODUCTION

GOVERNANCE & POLITICS

THE MARKET

Financial m arkets

Product m arkets

INTEREST

GROUPS

PRIVATE FINANCERS:

Banks, insurers, citizens

PRIVATE PROVIDERS: Hospitals,

doctors, schools, nursing homes

THE

WS

THE WS, POLITICS & MARKETS: Definition


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TYPES OF WS

THE WORLDS OF WELFARE CAPITALISM

The social demo-

cratic world

The conservative

world

The liberal

world

Based on Hicks & Kenworthy 2003


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Measurement: Quantitative indicators: expenditure (per hab. or GDP), % employment

Qualitative indicators: nature of entitlement (poverty, employment,

citizenship), decommodification (= universal = benefits independent of

employment or income), coverage (% population), generosity of

benefits, number of programmes covered

Types of WS:

Different types of WS: depending on values/ranking in quantitative and

qualitative dimensions

Causes of WSMain theses nowadays:

- Different types of WS (HC systems) have different causes

- Different WS sectors (eg pensions, HC) can be of different types,

and have different causes

THE WS: Definition and measurement


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Discussion and Conclusion

The numerous and various institutions of thewelfare state serve to facilitate the process of

inter-generational relationships at the local level.

The welfare state can check and even control the

development of this local system. It would be an error to view the local welfare

state under the form of intergenerational

relationships as either essentialistic or fatalistic

fashion.

There is a great need for a local welfare system

to combat local problems.


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- Romania has experience periods in which social protection was

family-centered or community-centered and now it seems it is

situated in the paradigm of state-centered social protection.

- The majority of European countries have used a welfare state

focused on social protection through a state-centered system.

- The period of state-centered social protection presents great

advantages when the population is mostly made out of active

individuals.

- The majority of European population is made-out of young-adults

and older-adults.

- The welfare state can create policies that can support the family and

the community to develop local social protection systems through

both implicit and explicit.

Shifting from one welfare state

model to another.


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