Welfare geography and the changing world of welfare municipalities [Elektronische Ressource] : municipal social spending in Denmark and South Korea analyzed / vorgelegt von Dong-Ho Jang

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• Publié par: universitat_bremen
• Publié le: 01 janvier 2008
• Nombre de lectures: 27
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 1 Mo

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Fachbereich 8: Sozialwissenschaften

Welfare Geography and the Changing World of
Welfare Municipalities
Municipal social spending in Denmark and South Korea analyzed



Dissertation
zur Erlangung der Doktorwürde (Ph.D.)
durch den
Promotionsausschuss Dr. phil.
der Universität Bremen


vorgelegt von
Dong-Ho Jang


Bremen, den 14. Juli 2008

Gutachter
Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau, BIGSSS, Universität Bremen
Prof. Dr. Bernhard Kittel, MSW, Universität Oldenburg
Prof. Dr. Herbert Obinger, ZeS, Universität Bremen
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TABLE OF CONTENTS

List of Tables ............................................................................................................. iv
List of Figuresv
List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................ vii
Acknowledgement ................................................................................................... viii

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION ...................................................................... 1
1.1 Research questions and arguments ....................................................................... 1
1.2 Social care services and welfare geography ......................................................... 7
1.3 Paradigm shifts ................................................................................................... 11
1.4 The structure of the dissertation ......................................................................... 13

CHAPTER 2: THE DANISH AND KOREAN WELFARE STATES AND
MUNICIPALITIES ....................................................................................... 15
2.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 15
2.2 The Danish and Korean welfare state regimes ................................................... 19
2.3 The Darean welfare municipalities ................................................. 27
2.4 The relationship between the welfare state and municipalities .......................... 35

CHAPTER 3: THEORIZING WELFARE MUNICIPALITY CHANGE .............. 37
3.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 37
3.2 How do economy and socio-demography matter? ............................................. 42
3.2.1 The logic of industrialism ............................................................................ 43
3.2.2 New social risks approach ........................................................................... 46
3.2.3 When do economies and socio-demography matter? .................................. 48
3.2.4 Where do economies and socio-demography matter? ................................. 50
3.3 How does politics matter? .................................................................................. 51
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3.3.1 Power resource approaches ......................................................................... 52
3.3.2 Consumer politics ........................................................................................ 57
3.3.3 When do politics matter? ............................................................................. 61
3.3.4 Where does politics matter? ........................................................................ 63
3.4 How do institutions matter? ............................................................................... 64
3.4.1 State-centered approach .............................................................................. 64
3.4.2 Intergovernmental relationships .................................................................. 66
3.4.3 When do institutions matter? ....................................................................... 70
3.4.4 Where do institutions matter? ..................................................................... 71
3.5 Summary: A Theoretical Framework ................................................................. 72

CHAPTER 4: RESEARCH STRATEGIES AND DESIGN ................................. 77
4.1 Introduction ........................................................................................................ 77
4.2 Methodological issues and strategies ................................................................. 77
4.3 Data and variables .............................................................................................. 86
4.3.1 Data and variables at the national-level ...................................................... 87
4.3.2 Data and variables at the local-level ........................................................... 90
4.4 An analytical framework and hypotheses .......................................................... 96

CHAPTER 5: THE LOGIC OF WELFARE MUNICIPALITY CHANGE ......... 100
5.1 Introduction ...................................................................................................... 100
5.2 The Danish welfare municipality change ......................................................... 101
5.2.1 The Danish welfare municipality and its surroundings in change: descriptive
analysis ............................................................................................................... 101
5.2.1.1 National-level description .................................................................. 101
5.2.1.2 Local-level description ....................................................................... 111
5.2.2 Welfare paradigm shifts and welfare geography: correlation analysis ..... 122
5.2.2.1 National-level analysis: welfare paradigm shifts ............................... 122
5.2.2.2 Local-level analysis: welfare geography ............................................ 125
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5.2.3 The determinants of long-term change in municipal social spending: cross-
sectional OLS regression analysis ...................................................................... 128
5.2.4 Summary.................................................................................................... 136
5.3 The Korean welfare municipality change......................................................... 139
5.3.1 The Korean welfare municipality and its surroundings in change:
descriptive analysis ............................................................................................. 139
5.3.1.1 National-level description .................................................................. 139
5.3.1.2 Local-level description ....................................................................... 146
5.3.2 Welfare paradigm shifts and welfare geography: correlation analysis ..... 156
5.3.2.1 National-level analysis: welfare paradigm shifts ............................... 156
5.3.2.2 Local-level analysis: welfare geography ............................................ 159
5.3.3 The determinants of long-term change in municipal social spending: cross-
sectional OLS regression analysis ...................................................................... 163
5.3.4 Summary.................................................................................................... 170
5.4 Similarities and dissimilarities between the Danish and Korean welfare
municipality changes .............................................................................................. 172

CHAPTER 6: CONCLUSION ...................................................................... 175
6.1 Summary of findings ........................................................................................ 175
6.2 Directions for future research ........................................................................... 181
6.3 Understanding the logic of welfare municipality change ................................. 182

APPENDIX .................................................................................................................... 187
REFERENCES ................................................................................................................ 189

iii List of Tables

Table 2-1 Functions and spending of local governments in Denmark, 2001 ............... 30
Table 2-2 F of local governments in Korea, 2005 .................... 31
Table 2-3 Three functions of local governments in Denmark, 2001 ........................... 33
Table 2-4 Three functions of municipalities in Korea, 2005 ....................................... 34

Table 3-1 Local governments’ ranks in taxable capacity and actual tax rates, 1973/4 45

Table 4-1 Variables for the national-level analysis ...................................................... 89
Table 4-2 Variables for the local-level analysis ........................................................... 95
Table 4-3 Research hypotheses .................................................................................... 99

Table 5-1 Social care spending and