Calendrier du 11 mars 2022
Casual Friday Development Seminar - Brown Bag Seminar
Du 11/03/2022 de 12:30 à 13:30
R2-01
LEPAULT Claire (PSE)
Is urban wastewater treatment effective in India?
EPCI (Economie politique du changement institutionnel) Seminar
Du 11/03/2022 de 11:00 à 12:30
Salle 19, Maison des Sciences Économiques, 112 Bd de l'Hôpital, 75013 Paris
HäUSERMANN Silja (University of Zurich, Department of Political Science)
Welfare State Politics in a Transforming European Party System
The rise of the knowledge economy has changed the social policy agenda in Western Europe and the transformation of electoral competition in Europe has changed the set political movements and parties that shape welfare politics. The result is a new configuration of welfare politics in terms of issues and actors, with the potential to deeply transform social policies in Europe. The talk presents findings from a ongoing ERC-project. It will show that despite these transformations, European welfare politics is still profoundly shaped by a class divide. However, the object of this class divide relates less to the extent than to the type of social policy voters and parties prefer: while working class voters and constituencies priorities social transfers, middle class voters and constituencies emphasize social investment. The talk discusses different explanatory mechanisms for this class divide, putting forward an explanation based on differentials in perceived economic opportunities in the knowledge economy.