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Welfare Institutions

Welfare Institutions is a social institution that systematically organizes collective provisions for economic security, healthcare, education, and social services to ensure the well-being of individuals within a society, distinguished by its formalized structures and state or quasi-state administration aimed at reducing social inequality and supporting citizen welfare.

638

Publications

34.3K

Citations

968

Authors

414

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

103

Parents

Publications

638

The Paradox of Redistribution and Strategies of Equality: Welfare State Institutions, Inequality, and Poverty in the Western Countries

Walter Korpi, Joakim Palme · American Sociological Review · 1998 · 2.3K citations

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The Economics of the Welfare State.

Ray Robinson, Nicolas Barr · Economica · 1988 · 860 citations

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Creating Caring Institutions: Politics, Plurality, and Purpose

Joan C. Tronto · Ethics and Social Welfare · 2010 · 603 citations · Full text

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Culture and Welfare State Policies: Reflections on a Complex Interrelation

Birgit Pfau‐Effinger · Journal of Social Policy · 2004 · 562 citations

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In the Shadow of the Poorhouse: A Social History of Welfare in America

Walter I. Trattner, Michael B. Katz · The American Historical Review · 1987 · 507 citations

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Authors

968

  1. PF
    Patricia Frericks

    Universität Hamburg, Germany

    6 publications · 100 citations

    6

    h-index

  2. JM
    Jörg M. Fegert

    Universität Ulm, Germany

    4 publications · 246 citations

    4

    h-index

  3. MS
    Marc Schmid

    University of Basel, Switzerland

    4 publications · 241 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. WK
    Walter Korpi

    Stockholm University, Sweden

    4 publications · 2.6K citations

    4

    h-index

  5. JH
    Julia Höppner

    University of Kassel, Germany

    3 publications · 55 citations

    3

    h-index

1–5 of 968

Institutions

414

  1. Universität Hamburg

    Hamburg, Germany

    10 h-index

    15 publications

    854 citations

  2. London School of Economics and Political Science

    London, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    8 publications

    278 citations

  3. University of Helsinki

    Helsinki, Finland

    6 h-index

    8 publications

    156 citations

  4. Aarhus University

    Aarhus, Denmark

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    393 citations

  5. Stockholm University

    Stockholm, Sweden

    6 h-index

    9 publications

    862 citations

  6. Lund University

    Lund, Sweden

    6 h-index

    13 publications

    673 citations

  7. Aalborg University

    Aalborg, Denmark

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    647 citations

  8. University of Bremen

    Bremen, Germany

    5 h-index

    5 publications

    154 citations

1–8 of 414

Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 17 publications · 1.2K citations

    16

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  2. Social Policy and Administration

    18 publications · 932 citations

    16

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  3. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews

    17 publications · 1.6K citations

    15

    h-index

  4. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 14 publications · 415 citations

    13

    h-index

  5. Journal of European Social Policy

    13 publications · 1.1K citations

    13

    h-index

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