Co po populizmie?
What comes after populism?

Towards a welfare state of law

Author(s): Włodzimierz Anioł
Subject(s): Sociology
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: populism; populist social policy; welfare state; rule of law; welfare state of law; Nordic model of welfare state
Summary/Abstract: The chapter discusses the main features of populist-type social policy, which is gaining popularity in contemporary world, including Poland. It appears that in the long run this policy is not as friendly to the people as is usually promised. The author argues that the chances for overcoming the populist temptations lie in a new progressive fusion of socially-oriented liberalism and social democracy in the formula of a “welfare state of law”. This might be a specific combination of the fundamental principles of the classical European welfare state and the German Rechtsstaat concepts. The idea, which is quite different from both neo-liberal and populist-national narratives, is inspired mainly by Scandinavian experiences and solutions developed for the last decades.

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