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Transformative Approaches to an Ecologically Sustainable Welfare State

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  • Julia Bock-Schappelwein
  • Andrea Egger
  • Katharina Falkner
  • Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger
  • Angela Köppl
  • Claudia Liebeswar
  • Christine Mayrhuber
  • Margit Schratzenstaller

Abstract

This paper examines how the necessary socio-ecological transformation can be shaped through welfare state institutions and measures in such a way that it does not cause social tensions and avoids any new environmentally harmful maladjustments, but rather is as socially just and ecologically sustainable as possible. The focus is on those policy areas that are addressed within the traditional welfare state and belong to the realm of social policy. Overall, the transition from the traditional to an ecologically sustainable welfare state requires structural changes in various fields of action. These include employment, health and long-term care which are core policy fields within the welfare state, housing and mobility as important elements of social infrastructure, and family policy. Trans-Abstract: In diesem Beitrag wird untersucht, wie die notwendige sozial-ökologische Transformation durch wohlfahrtsstaatliche Institutionen und Maßnahmen so gestaltet werden kann, dass sie keine sozialen Spannungen hervorruft und keine neuen umweltschädlichen Fehlentwicklungen verursacht, sondern möglichst sozial gerecht und ökologisch nachhaltig ist. Der Fokus liegt dabei auf den Politikfeldern, die im traditionellen Wohlfahrtsstaat adressiert werden und zur Sozialpolitik gehören. Insgesamt erfordert der Übergang vom traditionellen zu einem ökologisch nachhaltigen Sozialstaat strukturelle Veränderungen in verschiedenen Handlungsfeldern. Dazu gehören Beschäftigung, Gesundheit und Pflege als zentrale Politikfelder des Wohlfahrtsstaates, Wohnen und Mobilität als wichtige Elemente der sozialen Infrastruktur sowie die Familienpolitik.

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  • Julia Bock-Schappelwein & Andrea Egger & Katharina Falkner & Ulrike Famira-Mühlberger & Angela Köppl & Claudia Liebeswar & Christine Mayrhuber & Margit Schratzenstaller, 2024. "Transformative Approaches to an Ecologically Sustainable Welfare State," Vierteljahreshefte zur Arbeits- und Wirtschaftsforschung, Duncker & Humblot, Berlin, vol. 1(4), pages 473-500.
  • Handle: RePEc:dah:aeqvaw:v1_y2024_i4_q4_p473-500
    DOI: 10.3790/vaw.1.4.473
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    Keywords

    H2; H23; H53; H55; I18;
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    JEL classification:

    • H2 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue
    • H23 - Public Economics - - Taxation, Subsidies, and Revenue - - - Externalities; Redistributive Effects; Environmental Taxes and Subsidies
    • H53 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Welfare Programs
    • H55 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Social Security and Public Pensions
    • I18 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Health - - - Government Policy; Regulation; Public Health

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