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The evolution of the welfare state – the example of the dispute over the scope of state obligations and citizens rights in the sphere of health care
Iwona Borkowska
Abstract
The main object of the doctoral dissertation was to diagnose the possible directions of welfare state evolution in Poland after 1989. The thesis consists of three essential parts. The first part brings an overview of definitions, history (from XIX to XXI century) and models of welfare states. This part ends with the characteristic of socio-economic changes in Poland after 1989 and a reflection on post-communist welfare state development. The second part presents the methodology of author’s research, realized at the beginning of 2009, on a representative sample of adult Poles. The interview questionnaire included questions referring to state obligations and citizens rights in health care. The results of the research – introduced in the third part – prove that Poles expect first of all the individual-collective solutions: in the public sphere there should be both compulsory and voluntary insurance schemes, and the state should act in accordance with market rules and protectionism politics at the same time. On the other hand, the attempts of consecutive governments to increase efficiency in public health service along with the rising material status of Poles (in the light of research results related with the approval for individual, liberal solutions) observed after 1989, may lead to the development of the „do-it-yourself” (DIY welfare) welfare system.- Record ID
- UAM1ece093e3e67403b8e81417d22897c9c
- Diploma type
- Doctor of Philosophy
- Author
- Title in Polish
- Ewolucja państwa opiekuńczego – na przykładzie sporu o zakres zobowiązań państwa i uprawnień obywateli w sferze opieki zdrowotnej
- Title in English
- The evolution of the welfare state – the example of the dispute over the scope of state obligations and citizens rights in the sphere of health care
- Language
- pol (pl) Polish
- Certifying Unit
- Faculty of Social Sciences (FoSS)
- Discipline
- sociology / (social studies) / (social studies)
- Scientific discipline (2.0)
- Status
- Finished
- Defense Date
- 16-04-2010
- Title date
- 16-04-2010
- Supervisor
- URL
- http://hdl.handle.net/10593/290 Opening in a new tab
- Keywords in English
- evolution of the welfare state; postcommunist welfare state; state obligations; citizens rights; health care
- Abstract in English
- The main object of the doctoral dissertation was to diagnose the possible directions of welfare state evolution in Poland after 1989. The thesis consists of three essential parts. The first part brings an overview of definitions, history (from XIX to XXI century) and models of welfare states. This part ends with the characteristic of socio-economic changes in Poland after 1989 and a reflection on post-communist welfare state development. The second part presents the methodology of author’s research, realized at the beginning of 2009, on a representative sample of adult Poles. The interview questionnaire included questions referring to state obligations and citizens rights in health care. The results of the research – introduced in the third part – prove that Poles expect first of all the individual-collective solutions: in the public sphere there should be both compulsory and voluntary insurance schemes, and the state should act in accordance with market rules and protectionism politics at the same time. On the other hand, the attempts of consecutive governments to increase efficiency in public health service along with the rising material status of Poles (in the light of research results related with the approval for individual, liberal solutions) observed after 1989, may lead to the development of the „do-it-yourself” (DIY welfare) welfare system.
- Uniform Resource Identifier
- https://researchportal.amu.edu.pl/info/phd/UAM1ece093e3e67403b8e81417d22897c9c/
- URN
urn:amu-prod:UAM1ece093e3e67403b8e81417d22897c9c