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The Nordic Welfare State and Social Cohesion Christian Albrekt Larsen

The Nordic Welfare State and Social Cohesion Christian Albrekt Larsen Professor, Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies ( www.CCWS.dk ), Aalborg University, Denmark. A question for you (Discuss with the person next to you):.

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The Nordic Welfare State and Social Cohesion Christian Albrekt Larsen

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  1. The Nordic Welfare State and Social Cohesion Christian Albrekt Larsen Professor, Centre for Comparative Welfare Studies (www.CCWS.dk), Aalborg University, Denmark

  2. A question for you (Discuss with the person next to you): Do youthink the bondsthatkeep the Chinesepeopletogether have increased or decreasedwithin the last twentyyears?

  3. Disposition: • 1: Social development and the welfare state • 2: Why is social trust so important? • 3: How did social trust decrease in US/UK? • 4: How did social trust increase in DK/SW? • 5: The importance of social constructions • 6: Competing theories • 7: The challenge from increased ethnic diversity

  4. 1: Social development and the welfare state: • Pressure: • Modernisation (Durkheim), Capitalism (Marx) • The welfarestate as a response: • T.H. Marshall (citizenship) • Esping-Andersen (de-commodification) - Rothstein: Social capital / trust

  5. The classic trust question: Generally speaking, wouldyousaythat most peoplecanbetrusted or thatyouneed to becareful in dealing with otherpeople? • Most peoplecanbetrusted. • Need to beverycareful

  6. Share answering ”most people can be trusted”. World Value Survey 2005TitelUndertitelS

  7. The new trust question: I’d like to ask you how much trust you trust people from various groups… People you meet for the first time: 1: Trust completely 2: Trust somewhat 3: Do not trust very much 4: Do not trust at all

  8. Share that trust persons they meet for the first time(World Value Survey 2005) v. titel Navn

  9. Why is trust in strangers so important for Society? (Pleasediscuss with the person next to you)

  10. Figure 1.1 Share answering that most people can be trust. Sweden, Denmark, UK, and US Source: 1981- 2008 World Value Survey, UK 1959, Hall (1999:432); US 1960, Putnam (2000:140)

  11. Why do you think equality influence trust in unknown fellow citizens (Please discuss with the person next to you)

  12. Competing theories ) - • De-industrialisation (’marxist’ thinking) • De-familization (’conservative’ thinking) • De-nationalization (’nationalistic thinking) • De-mobilization of civil society (communitarian thinking))

  13. De-industrialization Kilde: OECD.STAT

  14. The challenge from increased ethnic diversity:

  15. Experimental evidence -BASIS

  16. The schoolexperiment

  17. References • Larsen, C. A. (2011). ”Ethnic Heterogeneity and Public Support for Welfare: Is the American Experience Replicated in Britain, Sweden and Denmark?”, Scandinavian Political Studies • Larsen, C. A. & T. Dejgaard (forthcoming), ”The Institutional Logic of Images of the Poor and Welfare Recipients A Comparative Study of British, Swedish and Danish Newspapers, Journal of European Social Policy • Larsen, C. A. (2013). The Rise and Fall of Social Cohesion. The Construction and De-construction of Social Trust in the US, UK, Sweden and Denmark. Oxford University Press

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