Comparative Political Economy of Welfare States

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A welfare state is a concept of government where the state plays the primary role in the protection and promotion of the economic and social well-being of its citizens. It is based on the principles of equality of opportunity, equitable distribution of wealth, and public responsibility for those unable to avail themselves of the minimal provisions for a good life. National welfare states are compelled by their logic to be closed systems that seek to insulate themselves from external pressures and that restrict rights and benefitst to members. They nonetheless fail to be perfectly bounded in a global eonomy marked by competition, interdependence, and extreme inequality and explore the conseuquences of transnational flows of labor both for the status of migrants who move to welfare states and for the viability of welfare states themselves.

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V. K. Verma, did Graduation, Post-Graduation, M.Phil and Ph.D. From University of Delhi and qualified for the NET (UGC) in the year 1993 and was earlier selected in UPPCS-Lecturership (Higher Education) and BPSC-Bihar Lecturership but left them. He had more than eight years teaching experience and had attended several national and international conferences and is at present working as Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Dyal Singh College, University of Delhi.