8th ESPAnet Conference 2010Social Policy and the Global Crisis:
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2. Poverty and Social Exclusion
From the second half of the 1990s, most welfare states experienced a shift in focus from passive social protection to activation and investment. At the same time, it seems that in many welfare states inequality and income poverty stagnated although in the period before the crisis social, economic and demographic circumstances were favourable for a successful drive to reduce poverty and social inequalities.
In this stream we propose to confront the policies of the investment state with the reality of stagnating or worsening social inequalities and poverty alleviation and this against the background of the ongoing global economic crisis. How can the rising inequalities in rich welfare states be explained? What do we know about recent trends? Is there an inherent tension between the ideals of the new welfare state characterised by ex-ante investment and the old welfare state of ex-post poverty alleviation and equality of income? To what extent is the rise in inequality due to rising primary income inequality, or to a reduced impact of redistributional mechanisms? What is the effect of the tax system? What is the impact of the investment state on employment, the distribution of wages and earnings and primary income inequality generally or, why has it apparently failed to make much of an impact? To what extent has there really been a shift of resources from 'passive protection' to the 'active welfare state', in other words, how much of the 'active welfare state ' is real, and how much is 'talk'? Has the welfare state become less effective in reducing inequality and income poverty, and if yes, why? And is this linked to the shift to an 'active' welfare state?
This stream invites papers that address these and other relevant questions. Comparative papers (i.e. analyzing different policies and/or countries) are particularly welcome.
Convenor:
Bea Cantillon
Herman Deleeck Centre for Social Policy
Sint-Jacobstraat 2, 2000 Antwerpen
BELGIUM
tel. +32 (0)3 265 53 98
E-mail: bea.cantillon@ua.ac.be
http://www.centrumvoorsociaalbeleid.be
Friday, 14:30-16:30 Room 08, Session 2./A
Presentations
1. Tomasz Inglot, Cristina Rat, Dorottya Szikra: The anti-poverty dimension of family policies in three new EU member states: Hungary, Poland and Romania [abstract] [paper]
2. András Gábos: Determinants of child poverty and policy responses in the European Union [abstract] [paper]
3. Lisa Damaschke: The Europeanization of Poverty Policies on the local level [abstract] [paper]
4. Dr. Leen Vandecasteele: Unemployment and its poverty consequences. Poverty trajectories after job loss in different European welfare regimes: a latent class analysis [abstract] [paper]
Contributed papers:
1. Bjørn R. Lescher-Nuland: Growing up poor in a rich country – the Norwegian policy to fight poverty and social exclusion among children and youth [abstract] [paper]
Friday, 17:00-19:00 Room 08, Session 2./B
Presentations
1. Tomas Korpi: Globalization and Earnings Uncertainty in Nordic Countries [abstract] [paper]
2. Miguel Laparra and Begoña Perez: Making the concept of social exclusion operative for comparison. A proposal from the analysis of the impact of economic crisis in social integration within Spanish society [abstract] [paper]
Contributed papers:
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Saturday, 9:00-11:00 Room 08, Session 2./C
Presentations
1. Wouter van Ginneken: A rights-based approach towards eliminating poverty in Europe [abstract] [paper]
2. Elisa Chelle: “Doing the Right Thing” vs.“Working More to Earn More”: a Comparison pf Two Incentives-Based Social Policies in the United States and in France [abstract] [paper]
3. Maria Vaalavuo: The Budgetary Implications of New Social Risk Policies [abstract] [paper]
Contributed papers:
Hongsik Yoon: New Social Risks and Poverty in Korea: Implication for Emerging Welfare States [abstract] [paper]
Important dates
17 November 2009 = Call for stream convenors
18 December 2009 = Deadline for stream convenors
25 January 2010 = Call for abstracts
29 March 2010 = Deadline for abstract submission
3 May 2010 = Registration starts
6 June 2010 = Reduced fee application deadline
21 June 2010 24:00 (CET) = Early bird registration deadline
13 August 2010 24:00 (CET) - Deadline for submission of papers
16 August 2010 - Deadline for Registrations and payments
Registration fee is 160 Euros for early birds, 210 Euros for late birds. Central and Eastern European PhD students and professionals can apply for a reduced fee of 60 Euros at info@espanet2010.net until 6th June.
Registration opens on the 3rd May, early bird registration closes on the 21th June at 24:00 (CET).
Theme of the Conference
The theme of ESPAnet’s 2010 Annual Conference is the social consequences of the global financial crisis and its differential impact across Europe. The main questions for consideration include:
How is the crisis affecting already existing inequalities? How are different social classes and groups, especially those in poverty, affected by the crisis? What are the adaptable capacities of the different “worlds of welfare”? Does the intensifying social vulnerability lead to the re-structuring of the programs to provide more security? How far have new programs been developed, and how far have new questions of social policy and welfare been opened up by the crisis?
We would like to broaden the horizon of social policy analysis and see global environmental concerns taken into account: How far are responses to the crisis re-thinking the role of the national and international/global state and the role of the European Union in creating economically, socially and environmentally sustainable societies?