Why Is Sweden's Ideal Present Day Welfare Government
Sweden’s Idyllic Present Day Welfare State
By Keith Jarrett
POLS 2950 A- States and Societies in the Global Context: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Tutorial 03
T.A. - Chris Bailey
Date Submitted: March 20. 2012
York University Student Number: 211457603
Introduce the topic and briefly go over my main argument, making short points.
In order for a country to be dynamic and well-rounded, its main goal should be to provide the structure to support the needs of its population as well as to uphold equality among its citizens. Therefore, the country must not only maintain its competitiveness in the world market but also structure itself in a certain way so that it can provide a safety net for the country’s citizens if the country goes through hard economic times. This is where the welfare system enters into the equation.
This paper will argue that Sweden is an ideal present day welfare regime it has the equality among all welfare states. It has decommodified …show more content…
Bismarck sought to keep the population of Germany intact by implementing social programs to maintain the attractiveness of Germany for to its workers who might have gone to the United States. The U.S.A. paid higher wages (Ivo, 1962). Bismarck 's welfare state worked; he successfully made Medicare, unemployment insurance, and pensions, public services to Germany 's population, and they remained in Germany. By the 1930 's welfare reforms had spread to the United States and were used extensively (Hennock, 2007). Another reason that Germany first developed the welfare state, even though it may not have been the most economically and democratically advanced country in the 1800s, was that, as Kersbergen and Manow say, "the early pre-emptive strategy of state elites [anticipated] unrest [among] workers" and implemented public services in order to satisfy these workers (Kersbergen & Manow, 2008, p.
By Keith Jarrett
POLS 2950 A- States and Societies in the Global Context: Introduction to Comparative Politics
Tutorial 03
T.A. - Chris Bailey
Date Submitted: March 20. 2012
York University Student Number: 211457603
Introduce the topic and briefly go over my main argument, making short points.
In order for a country to be dynamic and well-rounded, its main goal should be to provide the structure to support the needs of its population as well as to uphold equality among its citizens. Therefore, the country must not only maintain its competitiveness in the world market but also structure itself in a certain way so that it can provide a safety net for the country’s citizens if the country goes through hard economic times. This is where the welfare system enters into the equation.
This paper will argue that Sweden is an ideal present day welfare regime it has the equality among all welfare states. It has decommodified …show more content…
Bismarck sought to keep the population of Germany intact by implementing social programs to maintain the attractiveness of Germany for to its workers who might have gone to the United States. The U.S.A. paid higher wages (Ivo, 1962). Bismarck 's welfare state worked; he successfully made Medicare, unemployment insurance, and pensions, public services to Germany 's population, and they remained in Germany. By the 1930 's welfare reforms had spread to the United States and were used extensively (Hennock, 2007). Another reason that Germany first developed the welfare state, even though it may not have been the most economically and democratically advanced country in the 1800s, was that, as Kersbergen and Manow say, "the early pre-emptive strategy of state elites [anticipated] unrest [among] workers" and implemented public services in order to satisfy these workers (Kersbergen & Manow, 2008, p.