Joakim Palme
Professor at Department of Government; Faculty
- Telephone:
- +46 18 471 33 05
- E-mail:
- Joakim.Palme@statsvet.uu.se
- Visiting address:
- Östra Ågatan 19
753 22 Uppsala - Postal address:
- Box 514
751 20 UPPSALA
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Publications
Recent publications
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 81-103, 2025
- DOI for Combating climate change through the welfare state: can social insurance boost support for carbon taxes in Europe?
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Part of Politics & Society, p. 376-408, 2024
- DOI for Free Movement versus European Welfare States?: Variations of the Fiscal Effects of EU Migrants across Welfare State Regimes
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Shielding Free Movement? Reciprocity in Welfare Institutions and Opposition to EU Labour Immigration
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 41-63, 2023
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A Taxonomy of Child Policies: Conceptualizing the Missing Step in Defamilization of Social Policy
Part of Social Politics, p. 405-427, 2021
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Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
Part of Social Inclusion, p. 114-123, 2020
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All publications
Articles in journal
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 81-103, 2025
- DOI for Combating climate change through the welfare state: can social insurance boost support for carbon taxes in Europe?
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Part of Politics & Society, p. 376-408, 2024
- DOI for Free Movement versus European Welfare States?: Variations of the Fiscal Effects of EU Migrants across Welfare State Regimes
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Shielding Free Movement? Reciprocity in Welfare Institutions and Opposition to EU Labour Immigration
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 41-63, 2023
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A Taxonomy of Child Policies: Conceptualizing the Missing Step in Defamilization of Social Policy
Part of Social Politics, p. 405-427, 2021
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Universalism in Welfare Policy: The Swedish Case beyond 1990
Part of Social Inclusion, p. 114-123, 2020
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The Social Policy Indicators (SPIN) database
Part of International Journal of Social Welfare, p. 285-289, 2020
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Part of Child & Family Social Work, p. 316-323, 2018
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1481-1500, 2018
Part of Informations sociales, p. 102-111, 2016
’Social transfers and poverty in middle- and high-income countries: A global perspective
Part of Global Social Policy, p. 22-46, 2016
Part of Journal of Social Policy, p. 435-452, 2016
Part of Social Policy & Administration, p. 739-756, 2014
Social citizenship rights and social insurance replacement rate validity: pitfalls and possibilities
Part of Journal of European Public Policy, p. 1251-1266, 2013
The Quest for Social Investment Policies: Comments on Anton Hemerijck
Part of Sociologica, 2012
Rehabiliteringen måste utvecklas
Part of Göteborgsposten, 2012
Den nordiske velfærdsstat og globalisering: Sverige som eksempel
Part of Økonomi & politik, p. 3-15, 2012
Part of International Journal of Social Welfare, 2010
Part of International Journal of Social Welfare, p. 103-120, 2010
Globaliseringen och skattesystemet i Sverige
Part of Framtider, p. 6-8, 2010
Das Ende der Gleicheit: Der schwedischen Wohlfartsstaat nach der Krise
Part of WSI Mitteilungen: Monatszeitscrift des Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen institutes in der Hans-Böckler-Stiftung, p. 46-51, 2009
Social Policies and Economic Development in Late Industrilizers
Part of International Journal of Social Welfare, p. 1-11, 2009
Making social policy work for economic development
Part of International Journal of Social Welfare, p. 62-71, 2009
Towards a European Social Model?: Trends in Social Insurance among EU Countries 1980-2000
Part of European Societies, p. 787-810, 2008
End of equality?: The welfare state model beyond the crisis
Part of Framtider: International edition 2008, p. 4-12, 2008
Part of The Lancet, p. 1633-40, 2008
Die Modernisierung der sozialen Vorsorge in Europa
Part of Transit, p. 137-56, 2007
Convergence pressures and responses: Recent social insurance development in modern welfare states
Part of Comparative Sociology, p. 295-323, 2007
Den nordiska modellens relevans i ett utvecklingsperspektiv
Part of Social & Hälsovårdsnytt i Norden, p. 16-17, 2007
"Generös familjepolitik minskar spädbarnsdöd"
Part of Dagens Nyheter, p. 6-6, 2007
Sustainable Social Policies in an Era of Globalisation: Lessons from the Swedish Case
Part of Social Policy Journal of New Zealand - Te Puna Whakaaro, p. 1-16, 2007
Europa: Politiche sociali nazionali e outcome redistributive
Part of La Revisita delle Politiche Sociali (Italian Journal of Social Policy), p. 149-85, 2007
Articles, review/survey
A European Social Investment Strategy
Part of Perspectives on Europe, p. 40-46, 2011
Books
Att utforska framtiden: Valda perspektiv
Dialogos Förlag, 2012
Europeiseringen av Sverige: SNS Förlag 2919
SNS förlag, 2010
Santérus, 2007
Chapters in book
Migrants' Access to Social Protection in Sweden
Part of Migration and Social Protection in Europe and Beyond (Volume 1), p. 421-435, Springer, 2020
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Social Investment at Crossroads: "The Third Way" or "The Enlightened Path" Forward?
Part of Decent Incomes for All, p. 201-222, Oxford University Press, 2019
The health penalty of single parents in institutional context
Part of The Tripple Bind of Single Parent Families, Policy Press, 2018
The Long Road towards a Social Investment Welfare State
Part of Inclusive Growth, Welfare and Development Policy, p. 124-141, Routledge, 2015
How sustainable is the Swedish model?
Part of The Future of Welfare in Global Europe, p. 429-449, Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2015
Socialförsäkringen i samhällsutvecklingen: Ojämlikhet och hälsa
Part of Försäkringsmedicin, p. 31-41, Studentlitteratur, 2013
Part of Fattigdom utan gränser, p. 410-412, Carlsson Bokförlag, 2012
Social investment: A paradigm in search of a new economic model and political mobilisation
Part of Towards a social investment welfare state?, p. 353-376, Policy Press, 2012
Financing the Welfare State and the Politics of Taxation
Part of Routledge Handbook of the Welfare State, p. 401-409, Routledge, 2012
Beyond the welfare state as we knew it?
Part of Towards a social investment welfare state?, p. 1-31, Policy Press, 2012
Framtidsstudier och EU:s framtidsagenda.
Part of Att utforska framtiden, p. 189-210, Dialogos Förlag, 2012
Avslutning: Framtidsstudier på agendan
Part of Att utforska framtiden, p. 235-246, Dialogos Förlag, 2012
Den social dimensionens framtid i EU
Part of Utanförskap, p. 351-373, Dialogos Förlag, 2011
Poverty and income distribution in the Nordic countries
Part of The Nordic Welfare State- A Basic Reader, p. 179-196, The Nordic Centre, Fudan University, 2010
Part of The Oxford handbook of the welfare state, p. 420-434, Oxford University Press, 2010
Wohlfartstaat und Ungleichheit: Institutionelle Designs und Umverteilungswirkungen
Part of Soziale Ungleicheiten, p. 163-197, Seismo Verlag, 2010
The Quest for Sustainable Social Policies in the EU
Part of What Future for Social Investment? , p. 177-193, Institutet för framtidsstudier, 2009
Part of Jämförande politik, p. 299-332, Liber, 2008
Part of Investigating Welfare State Change, p. 106-129, Edward Elgar, 2007
Social models and modernization of social protection in Europe
Part of On Solidarity, p. 157-169, Bundesministerium fur Wirtshcaft und Arbeit, 2007
Tulonjako Pohjoismaissa: pohdintoja ruotsalaisesta näkökulmasta
Part of Talouskasvun hedelmät, p. 17-30, Työväen sivistysliitto, 2007
Collections (editor)
Towards a social investment welfare state?: Ideas, policies and challenges
Policy Press, 2012
What future for social investment
Institute for Futures Studies, 2009
Fjorton perspektiv på framtiden: Samhälls- och humanvetenskapliga framtidsstudier
Institutet för framtidsstudier, 2008
Reports
Reciprocity in welfare institutions and normative attitudes in EU Member States
2019
Reciprocity in welfare institutions and attitudes to free movement in EU receiving countries
2019
Rättighetsbärare eller problembärare? Barns rätt att komma till tals och socialtjänstens insatser
2017
Approaches to Social Investment and Their Implications for Poverty in Sweden and the European Union
2017
2016
2016
Unemployment Benefits in EU Member States
2013
2012
European Social Models, Protection and Inclusion
2009
Other
Ny sajt ska ge lättillgänglig statistik om migrationen
2015
Vi gör nu ett kunskapslyft för migrationspolitiken
2014
What Social Europe Should Be About
2012
Part of Velferd, p. 36-37, 2009
Part of Nordisk Försäkringstidskrift, p. 213-216, 2005