The Effects of Sustainable Development Policies on The Welfare State in The European Union and Türkiye
The Effects of Sustainable Development Policies on The Welfare State in The European Union and Türkiye

Author(s): Mehmet Atilla Güler
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Politics, Social Sciences, Economy, Governance, Sociology, Family and social welfare, EU-Approach / EU-Accession / EU-Development, Socio-Economic Research, Green Transformation
Published by: Университет за национално и световно стопанство (УНСС)
Keywords: Sustainable development; welfare state; European Union; European Social Model; Türkiye
Summary/Abstract: Since the 1990s, sustainable development has become a constitutive paradigm in the rescaling of the welfare state within the European Union. By incorporating this approach into its treaties, the European Union has integrated policies on just transition, energy poverty, green employment, and digital transformation with social rights. In Türkiye, however, although the discourse of sustainable development appears in policy plans and strategic documents, its implementation has largely retained a growth-oriented and assistance-based character. This study comparatively examines the influence of the sustainable development paradigm on the institutional forms of social policy and the transformation of the welfare state in the European Union and Türkiye.

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