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A Danish study of the functioning of the system of social security

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 March 2019

Bent Rold Andersen
Bent Rold Andersen*
Affiliation:
University of Roskilde, Denmark
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This article is concerned with a study of the functioning of the Danish system of Social Security, especially with regard to persons and families who need comprehensive services and cash benefits. The study, which relates to the years 1967-8, has had some influence upon the report of the Danish Social Reform Commission. The major proposals of the commission aim at a radical change in the structure of the social security system. These proposals have been adopted by the Danish government and parliament, and the subsequent transition into a new structure is beginning to take place.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 1 , Issue 4 , October 1972 , pp. 331 - 344
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1972

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1 The results are presented in the following reports from the Danish National Institute of Social Research: Socialreformundersøgelserne, Bind I: Metoder og matericde (Studies for Social Reform, vol. 1: Methods and Basic Material) by fytte Ussing. Copenhagen, 1970. Bind 2: Borgeren og tryghedssystemet (vol. 2: The Citizen and the Welfare Agencies) by Bent Rold Andersen. Copenhagen, 1970. Bind 3: De sociale ydelser (vol. 3: Social Benefits and Services) by Kaj Westergård. Copenhagen, 1971.

2 Socialreformkommissionens 1. betænkning. Det sociale tryghedssystem. Struktur og dagpenge. Betænkning nr. 543, 1969.

3 The ‘applied’ classification is:

  1. I.

    I. ‘Social’ agencies:

    1. a.

      a. Providing main statutory benefits: sickness insurance funds, unemployment insurance funds, municipal social administration, Invalidity Court, board of workmen's compensation.

    2. b.

      b. Providing mainly individualized services (special agencies): maternity aid agencies, rehabilitation offices, family guidance clinics, child welfare boards, labour exchange.

  2. II.

    II. Other agencies: General practitioners, hospitals, lawyers, courts, tax authorities, housing exchange authorities, etc.

4 Each agency is counted separately for each case. Thus if, for instance, an agency has full knowledge about one person and insufficient minimum knowledge about another of the persons included in the study, this is regarded as two agencies, one in each category.

5 Blau, Peter M., ‘Orientation towards Clients in a Public Welfare Agency’, Administrative Science Quarterly, vol. 5, 1960.CrossRefGoogle Scholar