Abstract
This paper emphasises the role of national historical configurations and institutional and political
structures (e.g. of social protection systems) on the response to new challenges and pressures affecting
welfare states and labour markets, in particular the ones related to the increase in unemployment and
changing forms of employment. The article focuses on the recent Portuguese experience, which is an
interesting case within the analysis of the specificities of the southern model of welfare state and the
ongoing processes of change. We analyse the structural weaknesses and recent trends of the Portuguese
social protection and labour market systems considering that they are constrained by new risks
and demands originated, at the same time, by domestic and external ongoing processes. Our hypotheses
is that Portugal is being particularly affected by the effects of neo-liberal convergence and is failing
to respond to internal and external challenges adequately (e.g. without most aggravating citizens living standards
and risks of poverty and social exclusion) due, namely, to unresolved structural problems and to
the weaknesses of its institutions.
AbstractThis paper emphasises the role of national historical configurations and institutional and politicalstructures (e.g. of social protection systems) on the response to new challenges and pressures affectingwelfare states and labour markets, in particular the ones related to the increase in unemployment andchanging forms of employment. The article focuses on the recent Portuguese experience, which is aninteresting case within the analysis of the specificities of the southern model of welfare state and theongoing processes of change. We analyse the structural weaknesses and recent trends of the Portuguesesocial protection and labour market systems considering that they are constrained by new risksand demands originated, at the same time, by domestic and external ongoing processes. Our hypothesesis that Portugal is being particularly affected by the effects of neo-liberal convergence and is failingto respond to internal and external challenges adequately (e.g. without most aggravating citizens living standardsand risks of poverty and social exclusion) due, namely, to unresolved structural problems and tothe weaknesses of its institutions.
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