University of Toronto, Canada
Programme
New Challenges for Welfare State Research
Thursday, August 21 Friday, August 22
Saturday, August 23 Sunday, August 24

Day One: THURSDAY, AUGUST 21, 2003
8:30am - 9:30am Registration

9:30am Welcoming Remarks
 
Carolyn Tuohy
  Vice-President, Policy Development, Associate Provost, and Interim Vice-President, Research and International Relations, University of Toronto
  Ann Orloff
  President, ISA Research Committee 19

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10:00am - 12:00pm
(3 papers)
Whither the Welfare State? Expansion, Restructuring and Retrenchment
  Chair: John Myles
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Korpi, Walter Welfare State Expansion and Distributive Conflict: Partisan Politics and Institutions in the Golden Age Stryker, Robin
Jenson, Jane and Denis Saint-Martin Building Blocks for a New Welfare Architecture: Is LEGO the model for an active society? Block, Fred
Hicks, Alexander and Christopher Zorn The Paradox of Self-Limiting Immoderation: Explaining Reversals of Welfare Expansion Palme, Joakim
   
12:00pm - 1:30pm Lunch
(New Scholars and Mentors lunch (Board Room))

1:30pm - 3:30pm
(3 papers)
Emergent Welfare States in East Asia
  Chair: Ito Peng
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Shinkawa, Toshimitsu The Politics of Welfare State Retrenchment in Japan Campbell, John
Holliday, Ian East Asian Social Policy in the Wake of the Financial Crisis Farewell Productivist to Productivism? Clement, Wallace
Kwon, Huck-ju Transforming the developmental welfare states in East Asia Huber, Evelyne
For Circulation
Ka-ho Mok, Joshua The Challenges of Global Capitalism: Changing Social Policy Paradigms in Post Mao China
 
3:30pm - 4:00pm Break

4:00pm - 6:00pm
(3 papers)
Gender and the Welfare State
  Chair: Joseph Wong
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Shaver, Sheila and Sharon Burke Welfare States and Women's Autonomy: A Thought Experiment Hobson, Barbara
Shalev, Michael and Hadas Mandel Class Conditioning of Welfare State Effects on Gender Inequality: A Preliminary Comparative Analysis Stephens, John
Peng, Ito Explaining the 1990s Social Care Expansion in Japan: The New Politics of Welfare State? Lewis Jane
For Circulation
Hobson, Barbara The Positive Turn? Gender, Labour Market Participation and Fertility in European Societies'
Stryker, Robin and Scott Eliason The Welfare State, Gendered Labor Markets and Political Orientations in France, Belgium, Germany, Italy, Denmark and Britain 1977-1994

 
6:30pm - 7:30pm Cash Bar

7:30pm Conference Banquet in Honour of Richard Cloward
 
Dinner Speakers Fred Block
  The Scholar as Agitator: the Legacy of Richard Cloward
  Frances Fox Piven
  Discipline and Seduction: Neoliberalism and the Reregulation of the Working Class?

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Day Two: FRIDAY, AUGUST 22, 2003
9:00am - 11:00am
(4 papers)
Culture, Ideas and the Welfare State
  Chair: Janine Brodie
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Banting, Keith and Will Kymlicka Do Multiculturalism Policies Erode the Welfare State? Hicks, Alexander
Béland, Daniel and André Lecours Identities, Institutions and Policies: Sub-State Nationalism and Welfare State Politics in Canada, the United Kingdom and Belgium Palier, Bruno
Wong, Joseph Mainstreaming the idea of welfare: Democratization and Ideational Change in Taiwan and Korea Korpi, Walter
Oorschot, Wim van Welfare State Effects on Social Capital and Informal Solidarity in Europe, Evidence From the 1999/2000 European Values Study Hinrichs, Karl
   
11:00am - 11.30am Break

11:30am - 1:00pm
(3 papers)
Health, Care and Social Services
  Chair: Frances Fox Piven
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Tuohy, Carolyn Big Bangs, Blueprints and Incrementalism: A Cross-national Perspective on Patterns of Policy Change in Health Care Orloff, Ann Shola
Campbell, Andrea and Kimberly Morgan Federalism, Risk-Pooling, and Social Policy: The Politics of Long-Term Care in Germany and the United States Banting, Keith
White, Deena The Rising Profile of Services and Partnerships: What Implications for Welfare State Dynamics? Taylor-Gooby, Peter
For Circulation
Armstrong, Pat and Hugh Armstrong Keeping the Baby: Reclaiming the Welfare State for These Times
Gran, Brian and Dawn Aliberti The Office of the Children's Ombudsperson: Children's Rights and Social-Policy Innovation
 
1:00pm - 2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm - 4:00pm
(4 papers)
Gender and Family Policies in Japan
  Chair: John Campbell
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Gelb, Joyce Domestic Violence Policy in Japan : A Comparative Perspective Michel, Sonya
Ezawa, Aya and Chisa Fujiwara Lone Mothers and Welfare-to-Work Policies in Japan and the United States: Towards an Alternative Perspective Gottfried, Heidi
Boling, Pat Political Explanations for Japanese Family Policies Shinkawa, Toshimitsu
Montanari, Ingalill Gendered work and gendered citizenship: Japan in a comparative perspective Morgan, Kimberly
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Campbell, John How Policies Differ: Long-Term-Care Insurance in Japan and Germany
 
4:00pm - 4:30pm Break
4:30pm - 6:30pm
(3 papers)
New Issues and Redistribution

  Chair: Brian Gran
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Kohl, Jürgen Principles of Distributive Justice in Pension Policies. Cross-National Variations in Public Opinion Daniel Béland
Mahon, Rianne "Yet Another 'R'? The Redesign and Rescaling of Welfare Regimes" Pat Boling
Noël, Alain The New Politics of Poverty Peter Abrahamson
Hinrichs, Karl Bounded Solidarity: The Demand for and the Presence of Solidaristic Motivations in the Welfare State Holliday, Ian
For Circulation
Brodie, Janine and Lois Harder Re-regulating Social Reproduction: New Welfarism and the Paradoxes of Gender
 
6.30pm Free Evening

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Day Three: SATURDAY, AUGUST 23, 2003
9:00am - 11:00am
(4 papers)
Social Policies, East and West
  Chair: Ian Holliday
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Kjeldstad, Randi and Marit Rønsen Welfare Rules, Business Cycles and Employment Dynamics among Lone Parents Oorschot, Wim van
Clement, Wallace The Matrix of Social Policy, Labour Markets and Households: Revealing the Class-Gender Nexus Shalev, Michael
Krishnan, Jay Social Policy Advocacy and the Role of the Courts in India Brian Gran
For Circulation
Gough, Ian East Asia: The Limits of Productivist Regimes
Ploug, Niels and Jon Kvist Active labour market policies when do they work - and where do they fail?
 
11:00am - 11.30am Break
11:30am - 1:30pm
(4 papers)
New Welfare State Institutions
  Chair: Denis St-Martin
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Halleröd, Björn What I need and what the poor deserves: Analysing the gap between the minimum incomes needed for oneself and the view on an adequate norm for social assistance Brodie, Janine
Block, Fred One World or Three ? : Globalization and the Future of Welfare Capitalism Mahon, Rianne
Taylor-Gooby, Peter The Genuinely Liberal Genuine Welfare State Ploug, Niels
Palier, Bruno The Europeanisation of Welfare Reforms O'Connor, J.S
For Circulation
Montanari, Ingalill and Joakim Palme Convergence or divergence in the era of retrenchment: social insurance in eighteen countries
Abrahamson, Peter The End Of The Scandinavian Model? Welfare Reform In The Nordic Countries
   
1:30pm Conference Luncheon (All-you-can-eat barbecue)
Free Afternoon


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Day Four: SUNDAY, AUGUST 24, 2003
8:45am - 10:15am
(3 papers)
Managing Social Risks I
  Chair: Toshimitsu Shinkawa
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Ferrarini, Tommy Paid parental leave and poverty - analyzing the policy-outcome link among families with infants in fifteen western countries Denis St. Martin
O'Connor, J.S Measuring Progress in Welfare States: Social Indicators and Social Policy Agendas in the European Union Paul Bernard
Orloff, Ann Social Provision and Regulation: Theories of States, Social Policies and Modernity Noël, Alain
For Circulation
Henderson, Ailsa and Linda A. White Shrinking Welfare States? Comparing Maternity Leave Benefits and Child Care Programs in European Union and North American Welfare States, 1985-2000
 
10:15am - 10:45am Coffee Break
10:45am - 12:15pm
(3 papers)
Managing Social Risks II
  Chair: Ann Orloff
Author(s) Paper title Discussant
Nelson, Kenneth Mechanisms of poverty alleviation in the Welfare state. A comparative study of anti-poverty effects of non means-tested and means-tested benefits in five countries in the 1990s White, Deena
Huber, Evelyne and John Stephens The determinants of Success in Combatting Old and New Social Risks Scott Eliason
Kenworthy, Lane The Welfare State and Absolute Poverty Kjeldstad, Randi
 
12.15pm - 1:15pm Lunch

12.15pm - 1:15pm RC19 Business Meeting

New Scholars Program
Author(s) Paper title
Aidukaite-Paluckiene, Jolanta Family support systems in the Baltic countries -policy making and people's expectations
Johnson, Karl E Sizing Up the Welfare State: How Do Measurement Concepts Impact Perceived Performance?
Korteweg, Anna The Construction of the Masculine Citizen-Worker: An Ethnographic Comparison of Welfare-to-Work Workshops in the Netherlands and the United States
Lampis, Andrea The challenge of vulnerability for the Colombian welfare system: the case of Bogotá
Marier, Patrik Policy-making and Pension Reform in Five Industrialized Countries
Mathieu, Sophie Droits, marchandisation et défamilialisation : une typologie des régimes de genre dans les sociétés post-industrielles
Morel, Nathalie Care policies and welfare state transformation. A framework for analysing changes in care policies in France and Sweden
Mudge, Stephanie L. Is Education the New Welfare State? Social Morality and Government Expenditures in Europe and the United States, 1980-2000
Ozer, Bugra Restructuring the Turkish Welfare State: The Health Care Reform
Song, Jesook Making Homeless Women Invisible: Moral Governance in the Eye of the South Korean National Debt Crisis, 1997-2001
St-Arnaud, Sebastien More of the Same? A Hierarchical Cluster Analysis of the Welfare Regimes in Advanced Countries
Teplova, Tatyana RUSSIAN WELFARE STATE: Towards a Neofamilialist Type
 

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