SOC101Y1 Lecture 7: Lecture 7
Document Summary
Today: moving on from the history of welfare state, will look at the present day welfare state, and the modernization of it. Politics and new social risks: do today"s socio-economic challenges present comparable opportunities of the adv. The implications of new social risks on politics: lack of youth participation, over representation of old white males, participation, representation, preference, gender voting cleavages. Model of policy evolution: welfare state has not been challenged or changed to the extent that it is assumed to have in reflection of social movements, ws has been able to hold its own. Is there high or low discretion in policy making: are stakeholders strong, changing dynamics of welfare states.