Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI

<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F24%3A00139324" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139324 - isvavai.cz</a>

Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/spol.12945" target="_blank" >https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/spol.12945</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945" target="_blank" >10.1111/spol.12945</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

This article analyses the developments of the welfare state'sreaction to the pandemic in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakiaduring 2020–2022, asking whether the changes in socialpolicy represent only temporary responses to the challengesof the pandemic, or if the changes will likely lead to long-run transformative changes in social policies. All three coun-tries applied emergency adaptive changes to some extentexcept for job protection, as the short-time work schemesrepresent a permanent change in Czechia and Slovakia. Fur-thermore, the absorption capacity of the welfare state wasrelatively good, which enabled the countries to avoid thenegative social impacts of the crisis in terms of increasedunemployment, poverty, and social exclusion. We argue thegovernments did not introduce permanent third-orderchange because they already introduced such changes dur-ing the transition to the market economy in which theyintroduced a low-expenditure welfare state trajectory. Dur-ing the pandemic, this trajectory limited their fiscal spacefor introducing reforms that could radically expand the wel-fare state. Policy learning and political constellations alsohad some influence.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

Popis výsledku anglicky

This article analyses the developments of the welfare state'sreaction to the pandemic in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakiaduring 2020–2022, asking whether the changes in socialpolicy represent only temporary responses to the challengesof the pandemic, or if the changes will likely lead to long-run transformative changes in social policies. All three coun-tries applied emergency adaptive changes to some extentexcept for job protection, as the short-time work schemesrepresent a permanent change in Czechia and Slovakia. Fur-thermore, the absorption capacity of the welfare state wasrelatively good, which enabled the countries to avoid thenegative social impacts of the crisis in terms of increasedunemployment, poverty, and social exclusion. We argue thegovernments did not introduce permanent third-orderchange because they already introduced such changes dur-ing the transition to the market economy in which theyintroduced a low-expenditure welfare state trajectory. Dur-ing the pandemic, this trajectory limited their fiscal spacefor introducing reforms that could radically expand the wel-fare state. Policy learning and political constellations alsohad some influence.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

—

OECD FORD obor

50403 - Social topics (Women´s and gender studies; Social issues; Family studies; Social work)

Projekt

<a href="/cs/project/GA22-18316S" target="_blank" >GA22-18316S: Hrozba, a nebo příležitost pro sociální stát? Sociální politika ve střední Evropě ve stínu COVID-19</a><br>

Návaznosti

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Social Policy & Administration

ISSN

0144-5596

e-ISSN

1467-9515

Svazek periodika

58

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

1

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

15

Strana od-do

93-107

Kód UT WoS článku

001023375500001

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85164369641