Hostname: page-component-cd9895bd7-dzt6s Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-12-27T13:01:11.933Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

The Past in the Present: Portuguese Social Security Reform

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 June 2005

Sílvia Ferreira
Sílvia Ferreira
Affiliation:
Department of Sociology at School of Economics, University of Coimbra, Centre for Social Studies, Coimbra E-mail: [email protected]
Get access Rights & Permissions [Opens in a new window]

Abstract

This article analyses the impact of the past of the Portuguese social security system on possibilities for reform. First, some of the most relevant features of the Portuguese welfare state are compared with the Southern European model. Its particularities are emphasised suggesting that it may not be subject to the same path dependency. Then an historical description of its most relevant moments is made indicating the alternation of different welfare models in its policies. This gives rise to discontinuities that have been constant through its history and determined by some of the most permanent features of state and society.

Type
Articles
Information
Social Policy and Society , Volume 4 , Issue 3 , July 2005 , pp. 331 - 338
Copyright
© Cambridge University Press 2005

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)