Booklet Espanet Conference 2009

ESPAnet Conference 2009

The future of the welfare statePaths of social policy innovation

between constraints and opportunitiesUrbino (Italy), 17-19 September 2009

Organization

Department of Studies on Society, Politics and Institutions (DiSSPI)

University of Urbino “Carlo Bo”www.uniurb.it/disspi/

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Conference programme . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4Where to eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18Tourist information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19JESP Call for proposals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 8th ESPAnet conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21


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Room B2Stream 5. The role of enterprises in welfare provision: complexifying the welfa-re mix?Conveners: Marie-Thérèse Letablier, Stefania Sabatinelli

Nullmeier Frank qnd Klenk Tanja (University of Bremen, DE) The role of enterprises in welfare provision – Enterprises as producers of social security productsBridgen Paul and Meyer Traute (University of Southampton, UK)Corporate labour requirements, industrial relations and occupational pension reform in Britain and GermanyHaataja Anita (The Social Insurance Institution - Kela, Helsinki, FI), Kauhanen Merja (Labour Institute for Economic Research, Helsinki, FI)Extent and explanations for employer-based part-time work in the Nordic countriesRohrer Linda (University of Berne, CH)The role of competition regulation and skill requirements in preference formation of the Swiss textile employers

Room “Sala Lauree”Stream 21. Explaining Recent Shifts in Family Policy Conveners: Ilona Ostner, Margitta Maetzke

Martin Claude (CNRS, University of Rennes 1 and EHESP School of Public Health, FR)The end of the French model of family policies?Seeleib-Kaiser Martin and Toivonen Tuukka (University of Oxford, UK) Discourse over demographic pressures? Contrasting family policy debates, timing and actors in Germany and JapanSaraceno Chiara (Social Science Research Center Berlin, DE), Knijn Trudie (Utrecht University, NL) Explaining differences in family policies developments in Italy and the Netherlandsvan Hooren Franca (European University Institute, IT), Becker Uwe (University of Amsterdam, NL)Explaining contrasting developments in child and elderly care policies in the Netherlands

Distributed papersBlome Agnes (Social Science Research Center Berlin, DE)The role of political competition in the modernization of family policies -- The German case

Room C2Stream 17. Participation and accountability in social and employment policiesConveners: Lavinia Bifulco, Vando Borghi

Handler Joel (University of California – UCLA, USA)Welfare, Workfare, and Citizenship in the Developed WorldBonvin Jean-Michel and Rosenstein Emilie (University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, CH)Accountability procedures and their impact on participation and empowerment at local level. Comparing four activation programmes in SwitzerlandBenish Avishai (Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL)Accountability in Privatized Welfare Administrations: Expanding Public Norms to Private Welfare-to-Work Agen-cies in a Comparative PerspectiveMonteleone Raffaele (University of Milan-Bicocca, IT), Mozzana Carlotta (Univesity of Milan, IT)Capabilities for What? Organizational Logics of an Italian Instrument for Job Insertion of Disabled People between Constraints and Opportunities

Distributed papersFerrari Mauro (University of Padova, IT)“Very Important Policies”. Valuation, Integration, Participation. Regional frames and experiences from the field

PROGRAMMETHURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER

8.30 – 11.30 REGISTRATIONVenue: Faculty of Economy (Palazzo Battiferri), Via A. Saffi �2 In front of “Aula Magna”.

After the plenary session the registration desk will be moved to the Faculty of Sociology, Via A. Saffi 15

11.30 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION Venue: Aula Magna. Faculty of Economy (Palazzo Battiferri), Via A. Saffi �2

Jens Alber (WZB, Berlin) “Is there an Americanization of European social policies?”

14.30 – 16.30 PARALLEL SESSIONS Venue: Faculty of Sociology, Via A. Saffi 15

Room B1Stream 1. Recent trends and future family policy models in an enlarged Europe Conveners: Dorottya Szikra, Tomasz Inglot

Polakowski Michal (University of Maastricht, NL), Dorota Szelewa (European University InstituteFlorence, IT)Convergence Postponed. Childcare policy in 25 countries of the EU: fuzzy-set ideal-types analysis 1990-2008Nygår Mikael (Abo Akademi University, FI) Nicole Krüger (Technische Universität Darmstadt, DE)Different regimes, converging trajectories? Constructions of poverty policy target groups and policy instruments in Finland and GermanyRomano Serena (University of Naples “Federico II”, IT), Lumino Rosaria (University of Naples “Federico II”, IT)Striving for minimum social standards: Family benefits and indirect income support in Italy, Greece and HungaryRat Cristina (Babeş-Bolyai University, RO)Disciplining mothers: Fertility threats and family policies in Romania

Distributed papersHakovirta Mia (Turku University, FI)Family Policy and Shared Parenting - How family policy supports shared parenthood when parents are not living together?Aiudkaite Jolanta (Institute for Social Research, LT), Ainsaar Mare (Tartu University, EE) Trends in family policy in Estonia and Lithuania


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Civil Dialogue as Inclusion and Incorporation Larsen Flemming (Aalborg University, DK), Matthias Knuth (University of Duisburg-Essen, DE)Municipalisation in the German and the Danish Public Employment ServiceBonini Roberta (Catholic University of Milan, IT), Pesenti Luca (Regional Observatory on Social Esclusion, Milan, IT)The emerging forms of governance in the locals welfare systems.

Room “Sala lauree”Stream 7.A. The Role of Welfare Attitudes in Welfare State Change - Cross-natio-nal perspectivesConveners: Jani Erola, Mikko Niemelä

Edlund Jonas and Svallfors Stefan (Umeå University, SE)Towards one world of welfare attitudes? Convergence, generations, and the changing influence of institutional specificitiesDallinger Ursula (University of Trier, DE)Increasing income inequalities - and public support for redistributionKulin Kjoakim (Umeå University, SE)Values, support for institutionalized distributive justice principles and attitudes towards welfare state redistribu-tion in a European contextErvasti Heikki (University of Turku, FI)Immigration, trust and support for the welfare state: Multilevel analysis of 22 European nations

Room C2Stream 16.A. Working-age benefits and activation: Comparative perspectives on policies and outcomes - Political economy - reformsConveners: Daniel Clegg, Werner Eichhorst

Champion Cyrielle and Bonoli Giuliano (Swiss Graduate School of Public Administration, CH)Institutional fragmentation and coordination initiatives in western European welfare statesPicot Georg (University of Milan, IT)Party Competition and Reforms of Unemployment Benefits in Italy and GermanyTagliabue Mara and Angelo Paulli (Macros Research, IT) Promoting Active Policies for Older Workers to Continue Working LongerVan Gerven Minna (University of Amsterdam, NL)The hidden reform of the ‘unmovable’ objects: from workers’ insurance provision to individualised ‘work-in’ benefits?

Room C3Stream 4.A Reforms of welfare systems in Southern European countriesConvener: José António Pereirinha

Carrera Leandro (London School of Economics and Political Science, UK), Angelaki Marina (Scientific Society for Social Cohesion and development, EL) and Carolo Daniel (University of Lisbon, PT)Structures, political competition and societal veto players: the politics of pension reform in Southern EuropeMurteira M . Clara (University of Coimbra, PT)The Social Unsustainability of the Portuguese Pension SystemBranco Francisco (Catholic University, Lisbon, PT)“The sun and the clouds”: meaning, potential and limits of the primary solidarity in Portugal in the context of Southern European welfare systems

19.30 WELCOME RECEPTION Venue: Restaurant “Il Cortegiano”, Via Puccinotti 1� (in front of the Duomo)

During the reception the EJSP – ESPAnet Doctoral Prize will be awarded.

Room C3Stream 3. Gender, Families and Children in Mediterranean Welfare StatesConvener: John Gal

Manuela Naldini (University of Torino, IT) and Teresa Jurado UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia - Madrid, ES)Families, Markets and Welfare States: The Southern European ModelHelman Sara and Maron Asa (Ben Gurion University, Beersheba, IL)“Let us help them to raise their children into good citizens”: The Mono-Parental Families Act and the Wages of Care-Giving in IsraelMigliavacca Mauro (IRPPS CNR and University Cattolica of Milan, IT)Transformation in the labor market and the impact on the households. The work-family structure in the Mediter-ranean caseCampos Pinto Paula (York University, Toronto, CDN)Politics of Gender, Work and Care in Mediterranean Welfare States: The case of Portuguese families of children with disabilities

Distributed papersDoron A . (Hebrew University, Jerusalem, IL)The Evolution of Children Allowances in Israel: From the pursuit of equality to the challenge of demography

16.30 – 17.00 COFFEE BREAKVenue: “Sala Studio” (floor A), Faculty of Sociology, Via A. Saffi 15


Room B1Stream 2. A. Paths of innovation of care policies in European welfare statesConveners: Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Hildegard Theobald

Anttonen Anneli and Häikiö Liisa (Tampere University, FI)The new care consumer: Ideals, policies and practicesLeon Margarita (University of Kent, UK)Recent developments in long-term care in the Spanish welfare state: restructuring “familistic” practicesGiraud Olivier (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique - CNRS, FR)Gender Regime Change in Germany and Switzerland. From Political Coalitions to New Orders of GovernmentEydal Guðný (Iceland University, IS)Equal legal rights to paid parental leave - the case of Iceland

Distributed papersHieda Takeshi (European University Institute, Florence, IT)Comparative Political Economy of Long-Term Care for Older People: Political Logic of Welfare State Restructuringvan Hooren Franca (European University Institute, Florence, IT)Money or migrants? Political reactions to the demand for migrant workers in the elderly care sector

Room B2Stream 18.A. Governing welfare: beyond states and markets?Conveners: John Clarke, Janet Newman

Carmel Emma and Paul Regine (University of Bath, UK) The struggle for coherence: assembling governance in an incoherent environment, the example of migration policy in the EU.Hvinden Bjørn (Norwegian Social Research - NOVA, N,) Johansson Håkan (Växjö University, SE)


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Room “Sala Lauree”Stream 7.B. The Role of Welfare Attitudes in Welfare State ChangeConveners: Jani Erola, Mikko Niemelä

Kroll Christian and Blomberg Helena (University of Helsinki, FI)Social work-fare? Nordic social workers’ views on the poor, the unemployed and workfare-related measures in social workGoul Andersen Jorgen (Aalborg University, DK)Reform and resistance: Framing, persuasion and ambivalent attitudes in two Danish welfare reformsRaven Judith and Achterberg Peter (Erasmus University Rotterdam, NL)An institutional embeddedness of welfare opinions? The linkage between public opinion and social policy in the Netherlands (1970-2005)van Oorschot Wim and Meuleman Bart (Tilburg University, NL)Welfarism and the multidimensionality of welfare state legitimacy. Evidence from The Netherlands 200� based on Confirmatory Factor Analyses

Distributed papersDahlberg Matz and Edmark Karin (Uppsala University, SE)Ethnic diversity and preferences for redistributionPfau-Effinger Birgit (University of Hamburg, DE)The cultural dimension of welfare state changeFerragina Emanuele (University of Oxford, UK)Social capital and European regions: a possible paradigm shift?

Room C2Stream 16.B. Working-age benefits and activation: Comparative perspectives on policies and outcomes - Activation and risks Conveners: Daniel Clegg, Werner Eichhorst

Clasen Jochen and Smith Alison (University of Edinburgh, UK)Regulating the risk of unemploymentLeschke Janine and Watt Andrew (European Trade Union Institute, BE)Institutional features of labour markets and social security systems: how do they affect the labour market adjust-ment to economic downturns in different EU countries?Fromm Sabine (Soziologisches Forschungsinstitut Goettingen - SOFI , DE), Spross Cornelia (Institute for Employment Research, Nuremberg, DE)Activation programmes for welfare recipientsHuebscher Evelyne (European University Institute, IT)A Nested Analysis of Government Partisanship and Labor MarketPolicy-Making in Different Institutional Settings

Room C3Stream 4.B. Reforms of welfare systems in Southern European countriesConvener: José António Pereirinha

Figari Francesco (University of Essex, UK)Can In-work Benefits Improve Social Inclusion in the Southern European Countries?Farinha Rodrigues Carlos (Technical University of Lisbon, PT)Efficacy of anti-poverty and welfare programs in Portugal: the joint impact of CSI and RSICosta Giuliana (Politecnico di Milano, IT)Fragmentation in care policies and provision at a local level as a challenge for welfare reforms: the case of ItalyAmitsis Gabriel (Technical University of Athens, GR)The impact of E.U. Social Inclusion Strategies on Mediterranean Welfare Regimes: Challenges for Greece and Cyprus

PROGRAMMEFRIDAY 18 SEPTEMBER


Room B1Stream 2.B. Paths of innovation of care policies in European welfare statesConveners: Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Hildegard Theobald

Zechner Minna (Tampere University, FI)Social policies and informal care in the Nordic countries and in the United KingdomRummery Kirstein (Sterling University, UK)A comparative discussion of the gendered implications of cash-for-care schemes: markets, independence and social citizenship in crisis?da Roit Barbara (University of Utrecht, NL), Le Bihan Blanche (EHESP, School of Public Health, FR)Long-term care policies in six European countries The development of cash for care schemesRiegraf Birgit (Goettingen University, DE)The change of the organisation of the state - the case of care work. The international debate on New Public Management and social inequalities

Distributed papersCiccia Rosella (University of Rome “La Sapienza”, IT)Care and labour regimes in European Advanced Economies: labour markets between care and welfare states.

Room B2Stream 18.B. Governing welfare: beyond states and markets?Conveners: John Clarke, Janet Newman

Mattei Paola (University of Mannheim, DE)Performative Accountability and State Schools in EuropeVilla Matteo (University of Pisa, IT)Logics of rule and intervention: a theoretical framework and an empirical observation of the Italian regional reformsSchulz Andreas (Kassel University, DE) The welfare state and the institutional setting of organizationsHaikio Liisa (University of Tampere, FI)Governing welfare by reshaping welfare needs

Distributed papersMinas Renate (Institute for Future Studies, SE)“Joint-up governments” as a new organizational trend in bridging social and employment policies in European countries?Righard Erica (Växjö University , SE) Social policy and the transnational family: A missing link





Room “Sala Lauree”Stream 9. The role of public organisations and their frontline workers in provi-ding ‘active’ welfareConvener: Rik van Berkel

Van der Aa Paul (Centre for Social policy studies, NL)Activation and discretion at the front lines of active welfare statesHavlikova Jana and Olga Hubíková (Masaryk University, CZ) Users’ involvement: a new trend in social services as experienced by frontline workers in the Czech RepublicBeguin Helene and Bertrand Louis (Université Paris-Est, FR)Adjusting social policies to their beneficiaries - paradoxes and limits.Born Asmund W . (Copenhagen Business School, DK) and Jensen Per H . (Aalborg University, DK)Dialogued based activation - a new dispositif?

Room C2Stream 8.A Financing the welfare state Conveners: Joakim Palme, Nathalie Morel

Turquet Pascale (University of Rennes II , FR)Financing healthcare reforms in Bismarckian welfare systemsDe Deken Johan (University of Amsterdam , NL)Depoliticising the financing of the welfare state? Financial profiling and the hidden costs of privatised retirement provisions.Büchs Milena (University of Southampton, UK) Sebastian Duwe (Hertie School of Governance, DE), Nicholas Bardsley (University of Southampton, UK)‘Green’ ways of financing the welfare state?Peter Whiteford (University of New South Wales, AUS)Redistribution and welfare state financing

Distributed papersGunnarsson Asa (Umea University, SE)Challenging fiscal taxation as the benchmark for sustainability in European tax systems.Frericks Patricia (Hamburg University, DE), Maier Robert (Utrecht University, NL)Post-industrial social protection: Life-course arrangements and financial responsibilities.

Room C3Stream 10.A. Poverty risks and social policy programmes in the 21st centuryConveners: Johan Fritzell, Veli-Matti Ritakallio

Vaalavuo, Maria (European University Institute, EU)Towards an Improved Measure of Income Inequality – The Role of Public Services in Income Redistribution from Cross-National PerspectiveMatsaganis, Manos (Athens University of Economics and Business, GR)Non take up of means-tested pensions in Greece and Spain Goerne Alexander (University of Edinburgh, UK) Yet another concept? Potentials and problems of the Capability Approach for analysing policies in relation to individual level outcomesBergmark, Ake & Bäckman, Olof (Institute for Futures Studies, SE) Dynamics of social assistance receipt in 21st century Sweden



11.30 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION Venue: Aula Magna. Faculty of Economy (Palazzo Battiferri), Via A. Saffi �2

Thomas Faist (Universität Bielefeld) Is there a transnational social question emerging?

13.00 – 14.30 LUNCH BREAK


Room B1Stream 20.A. Family policy, gender and work-family reconciliationConvener: Anne Groenlund

Rostgaard Tine (SFI, DK)Policies and practices in care (enclosed here)Atas Yildis (Roskilde University, DK)Work-life balance in European familiesMandel Hadas (Tel-Aviv University, IL)Family Policy and Gender inequality across classesMarten Carina and Fernández Esther Ochoa (Georg-August University, DE)Varieties of Maternalism?

Distributed papersLe Bihan Blanche (School of public health - EHESP, FR), Martin Claude (CNRS and School of public health - EHESP, FR)The role of European Social policies for work-family reconciliation in the case of working women caring for an elderly relativePfau-Effinger Birgit (University of Hamburg, DE)Innovation of family policy and new forms of care in European societies

Room B2Stream 6. Social Concertation in Europe: Actors, Institutional Dynamics and Welfare and Work Reforms Conveners: David Natali, Anne Peeters, Philippe Pochet

Traxler Franz and Brandl Bernd (University of Vienna, AT)Preconditions for Pacts on Income Policy: Bringing Structures back in. A comparison of Western Europe, 1980-200�Rehfeldt Udo and Vincent Catherine (IRES, FR)Trade Unions as Actors in the Social Insurance System: A Comparative Analysis of French and German Health FundsBernaciak Magdalena , Duman Anil and Scepanovic Vera (Central European University of Budapest, HU)Revitalization of the Trade Union Movement: Examples from Poland, Hungary and Serbia Leonardi Salvo (IRES, Roma, IT)Union Organization of Employees in Atypical and Precarious Work in Italy

Distributed papersSchulze Michaela (University of Frankfurt , DE)Trade Union Umbrella Organizations and Paradigm Shift towards Welfare-to-Work IdeasKerschen Nicole (Université Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, FR)Europeanization as an opportunity to change French Welfare State?




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PROGRAMMESATURDAY 19 SEPTEMBER


Room B1Stream 20.B. Family policy, gender and work-family reconciliation Convener: Anne Groenlund

Versantvoort Maroesjka (Leiden University –NL)Complementarity in time spent on work and familyBoje Thomas and Ejrnaes Anders (Roskilde University, DK)Working mothers in Europe: working time, preferences, gender norms and houseworkSolera Cristina (Torino University, IT)Women between family and fpaid work: the changing effect of education in Italy and BritainVos Allison E . (University of North Carolina, USA)Falling Fertility Rates: New Challenges to the Welfare State

Distributed papersThévenon, Olivier (INED, FR)The modernization of family policies in the OECD. From (mixed) meansto (balanced) ends?

Room B2Stream 13. Education, inequalities and social policiesConvener: Claudius Gellert

Goglio Valentina (University of Turin, IT)Could regional Universities promote access to higher education for “less favourite” students?Mampaey Jelle and Zanoni Patrizia (Hasselt University, BE) Belgian schools engaging with cultural diversity: A neo-institutional perspectiveKorpi Tomas (Stockholm University, SE)Good jobs for all? Education policy, technical change, and job qualityRandhahn Solveig (University of Münster, DE)Welfare-Oriented Education Policy - Wind of Change in the Relationship of Education and Social Policy in Ger-many?

Room “Sala lauree”Stream 12. Increasing Consumer Choice and the Reconstitution of Risk in Matu-re Welfare StatesConveners: Waltraud Schelkle, Christa van Wijnbergen

Frericks Patricia (University of Hamburg , DE), Maier Robert (Utrecht University, NL)Marketizing social protection in European welfare states and the mismatch of institutional constellations to construct the ‘social citizen’

17.00 – 19.00 ROUND TABLE Venue: Aula Magna. Faculty of Economy (Palazzo Battiferri), Via A. Saffi �2

Social policy innovation and the future of the welfare stateChair: Valeria Fargion (Università of Florence, IT)Trudie Knjin, Giuliano Bonoli, Ana M. Guillén Rodríguez, Joakim Palme, Janet Newman

20.00 CONFERENCE DINNER


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11.00 – 11.30 COFFEE BREAK Venue: “Sala Studio” (floor A), Faculty of Sociology, Via A. Saffi 15


Room B2Stream 11. Migrants and the Welfare StateConvener: Willibrord de Graaf

Hagelund Anniken (Institute for social research, Oslo, N)Migrants in the Scandinavian welfare stateRákoczyová Miroslava (Research Centre Brno, CZ)Social integration in the Czech republicCrepaldi Chiara (IRS , Milan, IT)The social situation of the Roma and their improved access to the labour market in the EUGerritsen Debby, Maier Robert and van Zenderen Kaj (Utrecht University, NL)Education and labour market participation of young migrants

Distributed papersO’ Connor Julia (University of Ulster, UK)Migrants, Multiculturalism and Labour market integrationBoccagni Paolo (University of Trento, IT)From local welfare recipients to transnational asset accumulators?

Room “Sala lauree”Stream 15. Challenges and Opportunities of Transnational Social PolicyConveners: Alexandra Kaasch, Anja P . Jakobi

Ervik Rune (University of Bergen, N)A Travelling Idea: International Organizations and the Dependency Ratio as a Key Concept in Framing the Ageing ChallengeDijkhoff Tineke (Tilburg University, NL)The Impact of ILO and CoE Social Security Standards on Social Reforms in New EU Member States: the Cases of Estonia and the Czech RepublicFargion Valeria (University of Florence, IT)The European Union and Global Social Policy. Discourse and policy practice.van Gerven Minna (University of Amsterdam, NL), Stiller Sabina (Radboud University Nijmegen, NL)Explicating the nexus between transnational and national policies: how actors link EU activation policies and domestic reforms in Germany and the Netherlands

Distributed papersKildal Nanna and Nilssen Even (University of Bergen , N) Comparing Active Ageing policies and their justifications: The EU, ILO and World BankDa Roit Barbara and Hoogenboom Marcel (Utrecht University, NL)Ideas’ imperialism and (implicit) policy consequences

Costa-i-Font Joan, Schelkle Waltraud and van Wijnbergen Christa (London School of Economics, UK)Choice and the reconstitution of communities of risk in European welfare reforms: the case of long term carePesenti Luca (Regional Observatory on Social Exclusion, Milan, IT) and Bonini Roberta (Catholic University of Milan, IT) Freedom of choice in welfare services: an analysis from the Italian caseRothgang Heinz, Braun Bernard, Greβ Stefan, Wasem Jürgen (University Bremen, DE) Choice among health funds: Why do the insured hesitate to switch funds?

Distributed papersPowell Martin (University of Birmingham, UK) and Greener Ian (Durham University, UK)The Welfare State in the Affluent Society: the Dog that Did Not Bark?

Room C2Stream 8.B. Financing the welfare state Conveners: Joakim Palme, Nathalie Morel

Buchinger Clemens and Schneider Ulrike (Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, AT)Modelling and forecasting changes in the cost of long-term care. A critical inventory and a case study for Austria.Johansson Peter (Institute for Futures Studies, SE)Taxation and the politics of work and family life reconciliation: The case of tax reductions for household services in Sweden.Nollert Michael and Schief Sebastian (University of Fribourg, CH)International inequality as a financial source of the welfare state: the case of Switzerland.Rothgang Heinz (University of Bremen , DE)Financing long-term care insurance – Reconciling a pay-as-you-go system with a partly funded system. A reform proposal for Germany’s long-term care insurance.

Distributed papersKoreh Michal (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, IL)Constraint or facilitator of welfare state development? The financing of Israel’s social insurance systemSchoyen Mi Ah (European University Institute, IT)The politics of pension reform: who pays? A generational perspective

Room C3Stream 10.B. Poverty risks and social policy programmes in the 21st centuryConveners: Johan Fritzell, Veli-Matti Ritakallio

Kuivalainen Susan and Kenneth Nelson (University of Turku, FI)Eroding minimum income in the Nordic countries and abroad? Reassessing the typical character of Nordic social assistance Ranci Costanzo (Polytechnic of Milan, IT)The political economy of social vulnerability. The social and political determinants of new social risks in western European countries Carpentier Sarah (Antwerp University, BE)The determinants of exit to paid labour from social assistance claimants: evidence for Belgium Venturini Lorenzo (University of Turin, IT) and Jansova Eva (K .U . Leuven , BE) Can we identify the clusters of minimum income schemes in the countries of the European Union?

Distributed papersAccolla Gisella (ORES Regional Observatory on Social Exclusion of Lombardy, IT) Poverty and Well-being in Italian regions: a compared multidimensional fuzzy analysis based on Sen’s approach Lee Sophia (University of Oxford, UK) The Risk Shift in Post-industrial Economies: Rethinking “New Risk” by a Comparative Study on Social Risks in 18 post-industrial countries. Rat Cristina (Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, RO) The Social Segregation of the Poor in Romania. The Impact of Welfare Transfers





WHERE TO EATThere are many restaurants and bars here and there in the city centre. Below we just mention the closest to the conference venue. They have all been alerted about the conference and we hope they will be able to meet the delegates’ needs.

Quick and easy (less than € 10)

Bar Caffè del sorrisoIn Via A. Saffi, 20 mt. downhill on the right hand side from the conference venue. It is a (very) small bar preparing sandwiches and serving drinks and coffee.

Bar in the Faculty of EconomyIn Via A. Saffi �2, next to the “Aula magna” where the plenary sessions are taking place. They prepare sandwiches, coffee, some pre-cooked first dishes and fresh salads.

I Love Pizza (take-away)In Via A. Saffi, just in front of the Faculty of Sociology (Via Saffi 15) where the sessions take place. A (very) small pizza shop preparing all sorts of pizza on the spot.

Ristorante “da Franco” (self service)Via del Poggio 1Walking from the conference venue, 200 mt. uphill on the right hand side, Just off the Piazza Rinascimento. High quality self-service with good choice of first and second dishes, desserts, etc. € 10-20 (according to what you choose).

Nearby restaurants (good and cheap)

Ristorante “da Franco”Via del Poggio 1Walking from the conference venue, 200 mt. uphill on the right hand side. Good restaurant (attached to the self service – see above) which serves good quality local food with good choice of first and second dishes, desserts, etc. € 15-25 (according to what you choose).

Ristorante “Il Cortegiano”Via Puccinotti 1��00 mt. from the conference venue (uphill), just in front of the Duomo. Very good restaurant with special price for conference delegates € 15 (for a first course, dessert, water). They will serve the coffee breaks and the welcome cocktail.

Close to Piazza della Repubblica (where the fountain is) there are plenty of bars offering Sandwiches, Piadine or Cresce (local type of bread-like basis for sandwiches).

In piazza della Repubblica “Pizzeria al buco” (take-away) one of the smallest award winning pizzeria’s: cheap and authentic.

Room C2Stream 19. The Future of the ‘Bismarckian’ Social Insurance: Consequences of Structural ReformConveners: Silke Bothfeld, Claudia Bogedan

Palier Bruno (Sciences Po ., FR)Dualisation of welfare, economic strategy and dualisation of societies Mätzke Margitta (University of Goettingen, DE)The Politics of Exclusion and the Politics of Exemptions in the German Social Insurance SystemReimat Anne (University of Reims, FR)The dynamics of four social insurance based Welfare European countries 1999-2009Beraud Mathieu (University of Nancy, FR), Eydoux Anne (Rennes 2 University, FR)French recent reforms of activation policies and employment services: a new path to reconciling social solidarity with economic efficiency for a new welfare state ?

Distributed papersAgostini Chiara (University of Rome “La Sapienza”, IT)Toward Social Services. Change in the Bismarckian Welfare Model in Italy

Room C3Stream 14. Health policies and health inequalitiesConveners: Ana M . Guillén Rodríguez, Guido Giarelli, Mara Tognetti

Maino Franca (University of Milan, IT), Neri Stefano (University of Milan, IT) The Development of Health Care Policy and the New Governance of the NHS in ItalyPavolini Emmanuele (University of Macerata, IT), Vicarelli Maria Giovanna (University Polytechnic Marche, IT)The Performance of the Italian Health Care SystemReibling Nadine (University of Mannheim, DE) The Role of Primary Care Physicians in Reducing Health DisparitiesVerspohl Ines (University of Osnabrück, DE)Who’s OMCs darling in health care?

Distributed papersFrisina Lorraine (University of Bremen, DE)Explaining Italian Health Care Reform: Problem Pressure Meets Political DevolutionSuoranta Jutta (University of Tampere, FI)Unequal opportunity to access within Finnish rehabilitation system - Reorganization is needed Biancheri Rita (University of Pisa, IT) Gender health, inequality, participation to labour market and family policies

13.30 – 14.00 CLOSING SESSION Venue: Room B1, Faculty of Sociology, Via A. Saffi 15





JESP/ESPAnet DOCTORAL RESEARCHER PRIZE 2009CALL FOR SUBMISSIONSThe Journal of European Social Policy and the Network for European Social Policy Analysis (ESPAnet) are offering a prize to the best paper by a doctoral researcher presented at any of the ESPAnet conferences, workshops or seminars in 2009.

The prize-winning paper is provided with high-profile publication in the Journal of European Social Policy, and the winner also receives 1 year’s free subscription to the journal.

The JESP/ESPAnet Doctoral Researcher Prize is much more than ‘a way to get published’: the judging process is tougher than normal journal refereeing procedures, and the high-profile publication and public announcements of the winning paper reward the author for the outstanding and exciting quality of their work.

The judging process is fully anonymous, but otherwise more rigorous even than normal scholarly journal refereeing procedures. There are four senior, international scholars who act as judges, and who read all the papers submitted for the prize (rather than the usual two referees). Even if you do not win the prize, this is a great oppor-tunity to get feedback on your work, to help you develop your ideas, and prepare your work for publication.

You will have the chance to have your work evaluated both on its own terms, and in relation to your peers, and of course you might be especially pleased with the result!

The judges are particularly looking for exciting, innovative and scholarly work, which challenges existing perspectives; poses new research problems, and develops answers to them; which offers sophisticated insights and interpretations from empirical evidence; and/or which develops new methods, or applies old methods in new ways to illuminate our understanding. Papers can cover any subject; country/countries; adopt any theoretical basis; use any methodology; and come from any discipline within the broad field of social policy. The only subject matter requirement is that the paper should make a contribution to our understanding of, and knowledge about, social policy in Europe.

The submitted paper must have been presented at one of the ESPAnet conferences, workshops or seminars in 2009. The author(s) must, at the closing date of � January 2010, not yet have been awarded a doctorate. Jointly authored papers are acceptable, providing that no authors have been awarded a doctorate at the closing date.

The prize-winning paper for the doctoral researcher prize 2009 will be published in the Journal of European Social Policy in the first issue of 2011, and it will be specifically identified as the prize-winning paper.Further queries can be addressed to the JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICY EDITORIAL OFFICE ([email protected]).

TRANSPORTATIONIf you need some help organizing your trip back, our Staff is available to help you out.

• Bus: ask at the registration desk the updated timetable of local buses• Taxi: if you need a taxi to leave Urbino, register in our taxi list at the registration desk, it might help sharing costs.

TOURIST INFORMATIONThe Tourist Information Office (IAT) is located in Via Puccinotti �5, at the corner with Piazza Rinascimento (in front of the Palazzo Ducale). Here you will find further information on Urbino and its surroundings in several languages. Opening hours:

Guided tours to the Palazzo Ducale National Gallery

If you want to take part in a guided tour to the Palazzo Ducale and its National Gallery on Saturday afternoon, please contact the registration desk.





8th Annual ESPAnet conference 2010“Social Policy and the Global Crisis: Consequences and Responses”September 2-�, 2010. Budapest, Hungary.Venue: Eötvös Loránd University of Sciences. Faculty of Social Sciences

Contact: Dorottya Szikra [email protected]

JOURNAL OF EUROPEAN SOCIAL POLICYSpecial Issues: Call for Proposals

In 2009 the Journal of European Social Policy will increase to five issues a year. One of these will normally be a Special Issue.

We now invite proposals for the 2011 Special Issue. Interested parties are requested to send a short proposal (no more than 1000 words) describing the scope of the proposed theme; the papers that it would contain; the timeta-ble. They should make a case to justify the dedication of a special issue to this particular theme and its topicality. They should demonstrate that the special issue would have an overall analytical and theoretical coherence. They should also highlight any editorial experience they already have. They are also welcome to make proposals as to referees.

Proposals should be submitted not later than �1st October 2009. The Editorial Board of the Journal will decide by �0 November 2009 which, if any, of the proposals should be accepted. The material for the Special Issue will be required in final form not later than �1 July 2010.

The person or group submitting the proposal will be expected to act as Guest Editor for the Special Issue, to liaise with contributors with regards to revisions and to produce an issue containing a strong and coherent collection of papers. One member of the JESP Editorial Board will be assigned to work with the Guest Editor in overseeing the refereeing process, and to ensure, on behalf of the Editorial Board, that the collection as a whole and the individual papers meet the normal quality standards of the Journal.

Proposals should be sent electronically to the JESP administrator’s office at the University of Edinburgh ([email protected]).


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Credits

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Documents

Booklet Espanet Conference 2009