Maintaining welfare in the wake of collapse - the case of Iceland
This paper details the state of affairs of welfare and social equality in Iceland in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008. The main focus of the paper is on the perceived role of the welfare state and to what extent public policy departed from a neoliberal agenda in the wake of the meltdown. A...
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ftunivwagenin:oai:library.wur.nl:wurpubs/564160 2024-02-04T10:01:24+01:00 Maintaining welfare in the wake of collapse - the case of Iceland Huijbens, Edward H. 2017 https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/maintaining-welfare-in-the-wake-of-collapse-the-case-of-iceland en eng https://research.wur.nl/en/publications/maintaining-welfare-in-the-wake-of-collapse-the-case-of-iceland info:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess Wageningen University & Research ACME 16 (2017) 1 ISSN: 1492-9732 IMF Iceland Public policy Regional geography Welfare info:eu-repo/semantics/article Article/Letter to editor info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion 2017 ftunivwagenin 2024-01-10T23:18:08Z This paper details the state of affairs of welfare and social equality in Iceland in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008. The main focus of the paper is on the perceived role of the welfare state and to what extent public policy departed from a neoliberal agenda in the wake of the meltdown. At the same time, we argue how the policy struggled in the context of an outdated geographical framework informing Icelandic governance. The paper unravels public policy in general discussing how and to what degree government austerity measures departed from the neoliberal ideal. Second, the paper outlines Iceland's status in comparison with neighbouring countries focusing on the Nordic context but with added insights from some of the British Isles. Thirdly, the paper will unpack the uneven geographies of Icelandic welfare policy in the wake of the meltdown. Finally, the paper will be summarised, concluding with a call for a coherent and socio-spatially sensitive regional policy as the collective decision that can underpin social equity and equality in the post welfare state. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wageningen UR (University & Research Centre): Digital Library |
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This paper details the state of affairs of welfare and social equality in Iceland in the wake of the financial meltdown of 2008. The main focus of the paper is on the perceived role of the welfare state and to what extent public policy departed from a neoliberal agenda in the wake of the meltdown. At the same time, we argue how the policy struggled in the context of an outdated geographical framework informing Icelandic governance. The paper unravels public policy in general discussing how and to what degree government austerity measures departed from the neoliberal ideal. Second, the paper outlines Iceland's status in comparison with neighbouring countries focusing on the Nordic context but with added insights from some of the British Isles. Thirdly, the paper will unpack the uneven geographies of Icelandic welfare policy in the wake of the meltdown. Finally, the paper will be summarised, concluding with a call for a coherent and socio-spatially sensitive regional policy as the collective decision that can underpin social equity and equality in the post welfare state. |
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Maintaining welfare in the wake of collapse - the case of Iceland |
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Maintaining welfare in the wake of collapse - the case of Iceland |
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