Document Type
Thesis
Publication Date
1999
Disciplines
Peace and Conflict Studies | Political Science
Advisor
Gary Prevost
Abstract
In industrial democracies, creating conditions of social justice depends on just welfare state institutions. This paper compares how three models of the democratic welfare state, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Sweden, attempt meet the demands of justice through public assistance and employment and training programs that provide for a well-trained labor force. The paper compares each state's public assistance and employment and training programs, the historical and political developments of each system, and each program's successes and failures. It examines the present situations in each country and the likelihood of future changes. Understanding the political constraints of each country, recommendations, based on the examples of the other structures, are put forward for each state.
Copyright Statement
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Recommended Citation
Kelly, Brendan Conor, "Working for A Living: A Comparison of the Public Assistance and Employment and Training Programs of Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States" (1999). Honors Theses, 1963-2015. 718.
https://digitalcommons.csbsju.edu/honors_theses/718