Social policy and welfare regimes typologies: Any relevance to South Africa?
This paper revisits Esping-Andersen’s welfare regimes typology and applies it to the South African context. To argue its case, it refers to and uses the construct of colonialism of a special type. The paper notes that unlike other African coun- tries, Esping-Andersen’s framework resonates with South...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | deu |
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University of Fribourg - Division of Sociology, Social Work and Social Policy
2017-12-01
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| Series: | sozialpolitik.ch |
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| Online Access: | https://www.sozialpolitik.ch/article/view/3685 |
| Summary: | This paper revisits Esping-Andersen’s welfare regimes typology and applies it to the South African context. To argue its case, it refers to and uses the construct of colonialism of a special type. The paper notes that unlike other African coun- tries, Esping-Andersen’s framework resonates with South Africa’s social policy and welfare regime because of its unique history that partly stems from coloni- alism of a special type. It argues that social policy in present-day South Africa continues to reproduce colonial and apartheid socio-economic outcomes due to path dependency. The paper asserts that path dependency has largely been shaped by colonialism of a special type. The discussion then concludes that South Africa straddles the liberal and social democratic welfare state regimes and classifies it as a hybrid welfare regime. |
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| ISSN: | 2297-8224 |