Political Science 1020E Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Living Wage, New Public Management, Decommodification
17 Apr 2018
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Political science lecture 10- policymaking and the modern welfare state. Liberal market: benefits are means-tested and modest, system is meant to prevent destitution, not to be a living wage, benefit receipt is often stigmatized, based out of beveridgian principles of self reliance, e. g. Canada, uk, us, australia, new zealand: protections people get are limited. Christian democratic/ corporatist: benefits are contribution based, rate of benefit varies with individual income (bismarkian system, strong role for the church, family and charity, e. g. Social democratic: high level of benefits, strong universal rate, some graduated benefits based on income, designed to minimize reliance on family, maximize individual independence, e. g. Critiques from the left: persistent inequality, marginalization of women, minorities, stigmatization of poor, partisan mobilization. Critiques from the right: supplants private/family/church protections, the breakdown of the family, embeds structural vs. cyclical spending, infringement on personal freedom/individualism.
