Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security Studies
Abstract
The University Archives has determined that this item is of continuing value to OSU's history.Dramatic economic and demographic transitions have
prompted societies around the world to renegotiate the
social bargains underpinning national social protection
systems. In the process, social welfare reforms have laid
bare deep fault lines of distributive conflict, cleaving
societies across generations, income levels, and risk
groups. Although considerable scholarly attention has been
paid to the distinctive contours of these reforms, much of
this inquiry remains bound within regional or national
lines. As a step toward bridging these empirical and
theoretical gaps, this workshop will bring together scholars
engaged in research on social protection and distributive
conflict in diverse regions of the world, from Latin America
to Europe and Asia. Questions addressed in the workshop
will include efforts to understand the longer-term
implications of social welfare transformations, while asking
what changes in social welfare spending, structure and
function will imply for longer-term distributions of political
and economic resources, risk and life chances. Lastly,
participants in the workshop will ask how the shift of risks
from collective social insurance programs to individuals
affect social cohesion, and democratic stability.Ohio State University. Mershon Center for International Security StudiesEvent webpage, handou