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    DENMARK : Globalization and the Welfare State Today Denmark is one of the most prosperous countries in the world. Unemployment rates are low. Denmark also has low inflation and a surplus on both balance of payments and public expenditure. The World Economic Forum’s 2008 competitiveness index ranks Denmark in its Top Three world-wide. And the World Transparency Index ranks it as the world champion in non-corruption. Furthermore it should be noted that other international comparisons nominate the

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    9-709-015 REV: OCTOBER 14‚ 2010 ARTHUR A. DAEMMRICH BENJAMIN KRAMARZ De enmark Globa k: alizatio and the We on elfare S State On April 5‚ 200 Lars Løkk Rasmussen was named prime mini n 09‚ ke n d ister of Denm mark followin the ng appoi intment of An nders Fogh R Rasmussen‚ p prime ministe since 2001‚ as secretary general of N er NATO. Thoug not related Lars Løkke had worked in Anders Fo gh d‚ e ogh’s governm ment‚ first as interior and h health minis ster and then as minister of finance

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    Rotten in the State of Denmark Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” takes place during the Middle Ages in Denmark‚ though the play is written in the mindset of those living in the duration of the English Renaissance. Elizabethans strongly believed in order restoration in society or else chaos would ensue. In a manner of emphasizing the decay and corruption throughout the play‚ Shakespeare effectively utilizes figurative language and character development in order to support the concept that “There is something

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    The Welfare State: Developments and Perspectives 1. Absolute Poverty and Relative Poverty. Sociologists and Economists use different definitions to measure poverty. One such definition is absolute poverty‚ where people lack the necessary food‚ clothing or shelter to survive. This is more common in developing countries‚ but still occurs in the European Union. For example‚ the Homeless can experience this kind of poverty. The 1995 United Nations World Summit on Social Development in Copenhagen

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    THE WELFARE STATE: The role and significance of the Beveridge Report in establishing the Welfare State in Britain. The purpose of this essay is to look at the long history of the Welfare State in Britain and the evolving social‚ economic and political changes in society today‚ as well as the birth of the Welfare State after the Second World War which was the turning point (watershed) in British History. The freshly appointed Labour government by then took on the job of setting up a ‘welfare state’

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    How does globalization affect European Welfare States? Introduction The effect that the process of globalization is having on the European welfare states has been the subject of much debate. The source of this debate lies in the fact that there has been a positive correlation between economic openness and the size of the welfare state in European countries. This directly contradicts liberal economic theory that increased economic openness will require the retrenchment of the welfare state in order

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    The startup line in this journey commences by shedding the light on the history of our main country: Denmark Denmark is located in northern Europe‚ between the North Sea (on the west) and the Baltic Sea (on the Southeast)‚ Copenhagen is the capital. In the south‚ it shares a 68 kilometer border with Germany and its population according to the 2013 statistics is 5‚599‚933. The word “Denmark” goes back as the ages of the Viking age‚ when the Danes first settled by 10.000 BC. Furthermore‚ every

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    considered the greatest tragedy to ever be written. Shakespeare develops the theme of both physical and psychological decay and corruption through the actions‚ dialogues‚ and figurative language of the characters.  “Something is rotten in the state of Denmark.” –Marcellus (Act 1‚ Scene 4) The following quote was taken from Act 1‚ Scene 4 and was said by Marcellus. Interestingly‚ it foreshadows one of the main themes in the play Hamlet- That is corruption and decay‚ an element Shakespeare always uses

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    Critics of the welfare state argue that such a system will make citizens dependent on the system and less inclined to work. However‚ certain studies indicate there is no association between economic performance and welfare expenditure in developed countries‚[25] and that there is no evidence for the contention that welfare states impede progressive social development. R. E. Goodin et al.‚ in The Real Worlds of Welfare Capitalism‚[26] compares the United States‚ which spends relatively little on social

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    into depth about different models of welfare states‚ it is important to define what exactly a welfare state is and what it means. ‘Welfare state denotes a democratic state that‚ in accordance with its constitution‚ not only guarantees basic rights and personal and economic freedoms (stated under the rule of law)‚ but also takes legal‚ financial and material measures to equalise social differences and tensions (up to a point). The principle of the welfare state to that extent is related to the goal

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