ABSTRACT

This article aims at setting out a broader context for the debates and discussions on welfare transformations driven by rapid global challenges and restructuring. Confronted with challenges resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, governments and societies across the globe must rethink and reimagine their social welfare approaches to make them appropriate and effective to manage the risks and crises. The papers in this special issue address three major themes: 1) democratisation and changing welfare regimes / social policy provision; 2) reflections of social service delivery; 3) rethinking state-market-society relationships when managing welfare needs.

摘要

本文旨在为由快速的全球挑战和重组推动的福利转型的辩论和讨论提供更广阔的背景。面对COVID-19大流行带来的挑战，全球各国政府和社会必须重新考虑和重新构想其社会福利方法，以使其适当，有效地应对风险和危机。本期特刊的论文涉及三个主要主题：1）民主化和不断变化的福利制度/社会政策的提供；2）社会服务提供的反思；3）在管理福利需求时要重新考虑国家-市场-社会关系。