Paster, Thomas (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany)

Welfare and Education - Austria & Sweden in comparison Paster, Thomas (Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Germany)

Seminar paper from the year 2000 in the subject Politics - Political Systems - General and Comparisons, grade: very good, Göteborg University (Department of Political Science), course: Course: Swedish politics in a comparative perspective, 11 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: The paper compares the student income situation and state support programmes to students in Austria and Sweden. The first part will give a brief overview about the higher education systems in both countries, focusing on aspects that influence study behavior and study durations, summarizing will summarize major commonalities and differences. The second part will compare the study support systems of both countries and their influence on the study behaviour. The final part concludes.