 Understanding eco-social policies: a proposed definition and typologyMatteo Mandelli Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research, 2022, vol. 28, issue 3, 333-348 Abstract: As complex challenges like climate change and inequality become increasingly salient, eco-social policies are emerging as suitable public policy instruments to pursue integrated environmental and social objectives. However, despite their rising relevance, a descriptive – and hence empirically applicable – definition is still lacking in the reference literature, currently dominated by normative studies. Therefore, building on a critical assessment of the state of the art, this article proposes a framework for conceptualising eco-social policies, calling for an output-based definition with policy integration as its core element. The article also proposes a typology to differentiate various eco-social policies along two dimensions: the direction of policy integration and the link to economic growth. This typology allows us to elaborate on the possible roles that the welfare state can play vis-à -vis environmental challenges and policies, for instance in the context of decarbonisation: reactive or preventive; protection- or investment-oriented. Keywords: Socio-ecological policies; sustainable welfare; sustainable development; eco-social-growth trilemma; just transition (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:sae:treure:v:28:y:2022:i:3:p:333-348 DOI: 10.1177/10242589221125083 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Transfer: European Review of Labour and Research |
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