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Regimes on Pillars: Alternative Welfare State Logics and Dynamics
Author(s) -
Goodin Robert E.,
Rein Martin
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
public administration
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.313
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1467-9299
pISSN - 0033-3298
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9299.00280
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , welfare , conjunction (astronomy) , dynamics (music) , economics , welfare state , state (computer science) , natural (archaeology) , public economics , social welfare , welfare economics , law and economics , political science , sociology , market economy , law , computer science , geography , physics , pedagogy , archaeology , algorithm , astronomy , politics , programming language
Social welfare arrangements represent the conjunction of the twin logics of regimes and pillars. Regimes describe who receives the benefits and on what conditions; pillars describe who pays for and who provides the benefits. There are historical associations and ‘“natural” affinities’ between certain regimes and certain pillars. But there is also scope for novel combinations and recombinations. Many contemporary welfare state reforms are best conceptualized in terms of shifting the mix of pillars and blurring regimes.