The Past and the Future of Welfare State Politics
The Past and the Future of Welfare State Politics
- Actualité Sciences Po
LIEPP and the Center of European Studies and Comparative Politics are glad to invite you to attend the seminar:
The Past and the Future of Welfare State Politics
Wednesday May 15th 2019
14h45 - 16h45
Room LIEPP
254 boulevard Saint Germain, 75007 Paris
Presentation:
Associate Professor at the Ohio State University
EURIAS fellow Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg
One of the most important purposes of the welfare state is to provide insurance and it is well known that information critically shapes the provision thereof. Yet, rather than playing the central role it warrants, information barely makes an appearance in the contemporary literature of welfare states in advanced industrialized countries. This is all the more surprising as we are living in an age of transformative changes in private insurance markets, spurred by the information revolution. These developments will reshape the politics of the welfare state, too. The talk offers a fresh perspective on the welfare state, putting the informational challenges characteristic for insurance markets front and center.
Discussion:
CNRS, CEE et LIEPP