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Social policy and welfare regimes typologies : Any relevance to South Africa?

    2017
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  • sozialpolitik.ch. - 2017, vol. 2, no. 2, p. Article: 2.2
Apartheid
colonialism
colonialism of a special type
path dependency
social policy
welfare regimes
English This paper revisits Esping-Andersen’s welfare regimes typology and applies it to the South African context. To argue its case, it refers to and uses the construct of colonialism of a special type. The paper notes that unlike other African coun- tries, Esping-Andersen’s framework resonates with South Africa’s social policy and welfare regime because of its unique history that partly stems from coloni- alism of a special type. It argues that social policy in present-day South Africa continues to reproduce colonial and apartheid socio-economic outcomes due to path dependency. The paper asserts that path dependency has largely been shaped by colonialism of a special type. The discussion then concludes that South Africa straddles the liberal and social democratic welfare state regimes and classifies it as a hybrid welfare regime.
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Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines
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Département des sciences sociales
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  • English
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Social sciences
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