Welfare states and climate change

Abstract

Climate change is raising questions about the sustainability of welfare capitalism in the 21st century. How has welfare capitalism contributed to climate change? How are welfare states adapting to the new social and economic risks associated with climate change? How, indeed, ought they to adapt? And what are the political prospects for such adaptation? This Panel welcomes Papers that grapple with difficult questions about the relationship between welfare states and economic growth, the politics of inter-temporal redistribution, and the politics of solidarity across countries in the face of climate change.

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Public opinion preferences behind the ‘trilemma’ between economic growth, equity, and ecological sustainability: a conjoint experiment	View Paper Details
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Policy makers’ perceptions of the social-ecologic transformation in Germany and the European Union	View Paper Details