Chapter 17

Instructions

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Question 1

What is the difference between 'welfare' and 'activation' policies?

a) 'Welfare' can have negative connotations of inactivity

b) 'Welfare' provides greater funding

c) 'Activation' policies aim to stimulate monetary policy

Question 2

The neo-liberal perspective on welfare supports a _________ market economy.

a) Competitive

b) Planned

c) Stagflationary

Question 3

When did welfare spending cease its postwar rise?

a) 1965

b) 1973

c) 1996

Question 4

How many types of welfare regime did Esping-Andersen identify in 1990?

a) 3

b) 4

c) 5

Question 5

Thatcher brought the UK _____________ the liberal welfare regime.

a) Away from

b) Nearer to

Question 6

What is OMC?

a) Ordinary Mode of Consultation

b) Open Method of Coordination

c) Optimal Mechanism of Control

Question 7

EU welfare regimes are increasingly converging around a single model.

a) True

b) False

Question 8

European institutions suffer from a legitimacy problem when they seek to act in welfare policies.

a) True

b) False

Question 9

Globalization has been particularly destructive in Ireland.

a) True

b) False

Question 10

Which country spent the largest proportion of its GDP on social protection in 2001?

a) UK

b) France

c) Sweden

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