Scandinavian Welfare Model and its Features

Abstract

The article deals with the features of the Scandinavian welfare model. Its main distinguishing characteristic is universalism, which presupposes the protection of the entire population from possible social risks. Receipt of social benefits and services, as a rule, is guaranteed to all residents of the state and is not conditional on employment. Under the current principle of social solidarity, all citizens participate in the financing of the social protection system and make a contribution commensurate with the income received. The system-forming element of the model under consideration is the trust of citizens not only in relation to each other, but also to the state and its politics. The problems that the Scandinavian model faces at the present stage are also considered. According to the author, these problems are determined by globalization, aggravated competition, worsening of the situation on the labor market, demographic changes, as well as the expanding influx of migrants