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 and Eduard CSUDAI

Basic information

Original name

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

Authors

SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution), Steven SAXONBERG (752 Sweden, belonging to the institution) and Eduard CSUDAI (703 Slovakia, belonging to the institution)

Edition

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

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Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50403 Social topics

Country of publisher

United States of America

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 3.200 in 2022

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945

UT WoS

001023375500001

Keywords in English

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

Abstract

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.

Links

GA22-18316S, research and development project

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

Investor: Czech Science Foundation, Threat or Opportunity for the Welfare State? Social Policy in Central Europe under the Shadow of COVID-19

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SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš, Steven SAXONBERG and 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, vol. 58, No 1, p. 93-107. ISSN 0144-5596. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945.

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SIROVÁTKA, Tomáš, Steven SAXONBERG and 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, vol.~58, No~1, p.~93-107. ISSN~0144-5596. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/spol.12945.

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