Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations
to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

J 2024

Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš; Steven SAXONBERG a Eduard CSUDAI

Základní údaje

Originální název

Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia

Autoři

SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš ; Steven SAXONBERG a Eduard CSUDAI

Vydání

Social Policy & Administration, Hoboken, Wiley-Blackwell, 2024, 0144-5596

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Článek v odborném periodiku

Obor

50403 Social topics

Stát vydavatele

Spojené státy

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Odkazy

article - open access

Impakt faktor

Impact factor: 2.200

Označené pro přenos do RIV

Ano

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14230/24:00139324

Organizační jednotka

Fakulta sociálních studií

Klíčová slova anglicky

COVID-19; Czechia; Hungary; Slovakia; social policy changes

Štítky

rivok

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno

Změněno: 18. 2. 2025 13:17, Mgr. Blanka Farkašová

Anotace

V originále

This article analyses the developments of the welfare state'sreaction to the pandemic in Czechia, Hungary and Slovakiaduring 2020–2022, asking whether the changes in socialpolicy represent only temporary responses to the challengesof the pandemic, or if the changes will likely lead to long-run transformative changes in social policies. All three coun-tries applied emergency adaptive changes to some extentexcept for job protection, as the short-time work schemesrepresent a permanent change in Czechia and Slovakia. Fur-thermore, the absorption capacity of the welfare state wasrelatively good, which enabled the countries to avoid thenegative social impacts of the crisis in terms of increasedunemployment, poverty, and social exclusion. We argue thegovernments did not introduce permanent third-orderchange because they already introduced such changes dur-ing the transition to the market economy in which theyintroduced a low-expenditure welfare state trajectory. Dur-ing the pandemic, this trajectory limited their fiscal spacefor introducing reforms that could radically expand the wel-fare state. Policy learning and political constellations alsohad some influence.

Návaznosti

GA22-18316S, projekt VaV

Název: Hrozba, a nebo příležitost pro sociální stát? Sociální politika ve střední Evropě ve stínu COVID-19

Investor: Grantová agentura ČR, Hrozba, a nebo příležitost pro sociální stát? Sociální politika ve střední Evropě ve stínu COVID-19

Přiložené soubory

Soc_Policy_Adm_-_2023_-_Sirov_tka.pdf

Citovat

SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš; Steven SAXONBERG a Eduard CSUDAI. Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. Social Policy & Administration. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024, roč. 58, č. 1, s. 93-107. ISSN 0144-5596. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945.

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SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš; Steven SAXONBERG a Eduard CSUDAI. Emergency welfare states in action : Social policy adaptations to COVID-19 in the Czechia, Hungary and Slovakia. \textit{Social Policy \&{} Administration}. Hoboken: Wiley-Blackwell, 2024, roč.~58, č.~1, s.~93-107. ISSN~0144-5596. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945.

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