Хлівнюк, Тетяна ПетрівнаKhlivniuk, Tetiana P.2023-11-202023-11-202021Evropsky politicky a pravni diskurz [European Political and Law Discourse].https://dspace.onu.edu.ua/handle/123456789/36815The absence of scientific consensus on understanding how the crisis caused by the spread of coronavirus will affect the state welfare institution has been noted: it will either strengthen it, significantly alter it, deepen stagnation or eliminate it, etc. Initiatives to prevent and counteract the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic are analyzed using the example of classical welfare state models (social-democratic (Scandinavian, Nordic); corporatist (conservative); liberal). The first case is studied on the examples of Denmark, Norway, Finland, Sweden; the second one – Germany, the third one – the USA. It is proved that changes in the architecture of the welfare state concerning the introduction of Scandinavian and corporatist models of tools to prevent a sharp increase in unemployment due to quarantine restrictions, simplify access to social benefits, pay attention to social protection of self-employed people, freelancers. It has been proven that changes in the architecture of state welfare concerned the introduction, first of all, in the states of the Scandinavian and corporatist models of tools to prevent a sharp increase in unemployment due to the quarantine, simplify access to social benefits, and pay attention to the problems of social protection of self-employed persons and freelancers. The strengthening of the focus of welfare states (especially the Scandinavian model) on state intervention in the economy as part of ensuring the accessibility of workplaces and living standards in line with modern standards was noted. Ethnic inequality and chauvinism to access social security have been shown to be acute in most countries during the pandemic. Limited coverage and existing social inequalities regarding access to social guarantees are clearly manifested even in countries with a liberal model of state welfare. National differences in the policy of developed welfare states in response to the social consequences of the coronavirus pandemic have been identified. The states of the Scandinavian and corporatist models long before the COVID-19 pandemic built strong social protection networks, pursued effective employment protection policies, etc.; therefore, during the pandemic, citizens received significant support. Instead, in the welfare states of the liberal model during the pandemic, the problem of having a quality social protection network has intensified, and inequality in terms of gender, race, and others has sharply increased.ukinstitute of welfare statemodels of welfare stateCOVID-19 pandemicsocial protectionsocial policywelfare systemsArticlehttps://doi.org/10.46340/eppd.2021.8.5.7