Democracy And The Welfare State

Author : Amy Gutmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
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Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691217956

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Democracy and the Welfare State by Amy Gutmann Pdf

The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are the following: Has public support for the welfare state faded? Can a democratic state provide welfare without producing dependency on welfare? Is a capitalist (or socialist) economy consistent with the preservation of equal liberty and equal opportunity for all citizens? Why and in what ways does the welfare state discriminate against women? Can we justify limiting immigration for the sake of safeguarding the welfare of Americans? How can elementary and secondary education be distributed consistently with democratic values? The volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms. The contributors are Joseph H. Carens, Jon Elster, Robert K. Fullinwider, Amy Gutmann, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Stanley Kelley, Jr., Richard Krouse, Michael McPherson, J. Donald Moon, Carole Pateman, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Walzer.

Author : Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 497 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-06-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780691214153

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Development, Democracy, and Welfare States by Stephan Haggard,Robert R. Kaufman Pdf

This is the first book to compare the distinctive welfare states of Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe. Stephan Haggard and Robert Kaufman trace the historical origins of social policy in these regions to crucial political changes in the mid-twentieth century, and show how the legacies of these early choices are influencing welfare reform following democratization and globalization. After World War II, communist regimes in Eastern Europe adopted wide-ranging socialist entitlements while conservative dictatorships in East Asia sharply limited social security but invested in education. In Latin America, where welfare systems were instituted earlier, unequal social-security systems favored formal sector workers and the middle class. Haggard and Kaufman compare the different welfare paths of the countries in these regions following democratization and the move toward more open economies. Although these transformations generated pressure to reform existing welfare systems, economic performance and welfare legacies exerted a more profound influence. The authors show how exclusionary welfare systems and economic crisis in Latin America created incentives to adopt liberal social-policy reforms, while social entitlements from the communist era limited the scope of liberal reforms in the new democracies of Eastern Europe. In East Asia, high growth and permissive fiscal conditions provided opportunities to broaden social entitlements in the new democracies. This book highlights the importance of placing the contemporary effects of democratization and globalization into a broader historical context.

Author : Jennifer Shore
Publisher : Springer
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2018-08-20
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9783319939612

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The Welfare State and the Democratic Citizen by Jennifer Shore Pdf

This book examines the ways in which the welfare state impacts levels and distributions of political participation and democratic support in Western democracies. Going beyond the traditional contextual accounts of political behaviour, which primarily focus on political institutions or the socio-economic climate, this book looks specifically at the impact of public policy on a variety of political behaviours and attitudes. Drawing on the theoretical insights from the policy feedback approach, the author argues and empirically demonstrates that generous social policy offerings can not only foster democratic citizenship by promoting a more inclusive political culture, but are most beneficial to citizens who are otherwise excluded from political life in many other societies. This book will appeal most to scholars in the fields of political science and sociology who are especially interested in the welfare state, public policy, political sociology, and inequality.

Author : Alice Kessler-Harris,Maurizio Vaudagna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 403 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Capitalism
ISBN : 0231180349

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Democracy and the Welfare State by Alice Kessler-Harris,Maurizio Vaudagna Pdf

Though the "two Wests," Europe and the United States, differ in crucial respects, they share a common history of social rights. In Democracy and the Welfare State, leading historians and social scientists rethink this history in light of global transformations of the economic order and the onslaught of neoliberalism and right-wing populism.

Author : Pauli Kettunen,Saara Pellander,Miika Tervonen
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1788976576

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Nationalism and Democracy in the Welfare State by Pauli Kettunen,Saara Pellander,Miika Tervonen Pdf

This multidisciplinary book unpacks and outlines the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare-state institutions and ideologies. At a time when neo-liberal, post-national and nationalist visions alike have challenged democratic welfare nationalism, the book offers a transnational historical perspective to the political dynamics of current changes. While particularly focusing on Nordic countries, often seen as the quintessential 'models' of the welfare state, the book collectively sheds light on the 'history of the present' of nation states bearing the character of a welfare state. Initial chapters discuss the contested roles and meanings of democracy in the formation of the so-called 'Nordic model' of welfare, exploring its development in connection with rhetorical de-ideologization during and after the Cold War and with concerns about global development. Contributors further examine the ways in which national welfare states and their democratic dimensions are reshaped in the context of post-national regulation regimes of globalized and financialized capitalism. In the final chapters, the book explores the implications of welfare nationalism for cross-border mobility, analysing paradoxes and inherent tensions at the heart of contemporary migration politics. The analyses point to the integral role of nationalism in the formation of the democratic welfare states, as well as in the present-day goals of national competitiveness and security. Providing key theoretical insights for the study of welfare nationalism, this book is essential reading for scholars, researchers and students of the social and political sciences who are interested in the enduring transformation of the welfare state, and particularly those investigating the emergence and growth of the Nordic model. Policymakers and practitioners will also benefit from this multi-layered, empirical account of contemporary policy problems.

Author : Steven Klein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-24
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108478625

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The Work of Politics by Steven Klein Pdf

This theoretically innovative book shows how democratic social movements can use the welfare state to challenge domination in society.

Author : Victor A. Pestoff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2008-10-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134024476

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A Democratic Architecture for the Welfare State by Victor A. Pestoff Pdf

This book addresses the need for a more democratic architecture for the European welfare state by promoting citizen participation, the third sector and co-production of welfare services.

Author : Peter C. Caldwell
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9780192570536

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Democracy, Capitalism, and the Welfare State by Peter C. Caldwell Pdf

Democracy, Capitalism, and the Welfare State investigates political thought under the conditions of the postwar welfare state, focusing on the Federal Republic of Germany (1949-1989). The volume argues that the welfare state informed and altered basic questions of democracy and its relationship to capitalism. These questions were especially important for West Germany, given its recent experience with the collapse of capitalism, the disintegration of democracy, and National Socialist dictatorship after 1930. Three central issues emerged. First, the development of a nearly all-embracing set of social services and payments recast the problem of how social groups and interests related to the state, as state agencies and affected groups generated their own clientele, their own advocacy groups, and their own expert information. Second, the welfare state blurred the line between state and society that is constitutive of basic rights and the classic world of liberal freedom; rights became claims on the state, and social groups became integral parts of state administration. Third, the welfare state potentially reshaped the individual citizen, who became wrapped up with mandatory social insurance systems, provisioning of money and services related to social needs, and the regulation of everyday life. Peter C. Caldwell describes how West German experts sought to make sense of this vast array of state programs, expenditures, and bureaucracies aimed at solving social problems. Coming from backgrounds in politics, economics, law, social policy, sociology, and philosophy, they sought to conceptualize their state, which was now social (one German word for the welfare state is indeed Sozialstaat), and their society, which was permeated by state policies.

Author : Evelyne Huber,John D. Stephens
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 363 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780226356556

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Democracy and the Left by Evelyne Huber,John D. Stephens Pdf

Although inequality in Latin America ranks among the worst in the world, it has notably declined over the last decade, offset by improvements in health care and education, enhanced programs for social assistance, and increases in the minimum wage. In Democracy and the Left, Evelyne Huber and John D. Stephens argue that the resurgence of democracy in Latin America is key to this change. In addition to directly affecting public policy, democratic institutions enable left-leaning political parties to emerge, significantly influencing the allocation of social spending on poverty and inequality. But while democracy is an important determinant of redistributive change, it is by no means the only factor. Drawing on a wealth of data, Huber and Stephens present quantitative analyses of eighteen countries and comparative historical analyses of the five most advanced social policy regimes in Latin America, showing how international power structures have influenced the direction of their social policy. They augment these analyses by comparing them to the development of social policy in democratic Portugal and Spain. The most ambitious examination of the development of social policy in Latin America to date, Democracy and the Left shows that inequality is far from intractable—a finding with crucial policy implications worldwide.

Author : Kettunen, Pauli,Pellander, Saara,Tervonen, Miika
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788976589

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Nationalism and Democracy in the Welfare State by Kettunen, Pauli,Pellander, Saara,Tervonen, Miika Pdf

This multidisciplinary book unpacks and outlines the contested roles of nationalism and democracy in the formation and transformation of welfare-state institutions and ideologies. At a time when neo-liberal, post-national and nationalist visions alike have challenged democratic welfare nationalism, the book offers a transnational historical perspective to the political dynamics of current changes. While particularly focusing on Nordic countries, often seen as the quintessential ‘models’ of the welfare state, the book collectively sheds light on the ‘history of the present’ of nation states bearing the character of a welfare state.

Author : Kenneth R. Minogue
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000033328263

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Democracy and the Welfare State by Kenneth R. Minogue Pdf

Author : Clem Brooks,Jeff Manza
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008-09-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780226075952

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Why Welfare States Persist by Clem Brooks,Jeff Manza Pdf

The world’s richer democracies all provide such public benefits as pensions and health care, but why are some far more generous than others? And why, in the face of globalization and fiscal pressures, has the welfare state not been replaced by another model? Reconsidering the myriad issues raised by such pressing questions, Clem Brooks and Jeff Manza contend here that public opinion has been an important, yet neglected, factor in shaping welfare states in recent decades. Analyzing data on sixteen countries, Brooks and Manza find that the preferences of citizens profoundly influence the welfare policies of their governments and the behavior of politicians in office. Shaped by slow-moving forces such as social institutions and collective memories, these preferences have counteracted global pressures that many commentators assumed would lead to the welfare state’s demise. Moreover, Brooks and Manza show that cross-national differences in popular support help explain why Scandinavian social democracies offer so much more than liberal democracies such as the United States and the United Kingdom. Significantly expanding our understanding of both public opinion and social policy in the world’s most developed countries, this landmark study will be essential reading for scholars of political economy, public opinion, and democratic theory.

Author : Fanning, Bryan
Publisher : Policy Press
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-09-03
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781447360346

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Three Roads to the Welfare State by Fanning, Bryan Pdf

The development of social policy in Europe is explored in this accessible intellectual history and analysis of the welfare state. From the Industrial Revolution onwards, the book identifies three important concepts behind efforts to address social concerns in Europe: social democracy, Christian democracy and liberalism. With guides to the political and ideological protagonists and the beliefs and values that lie behind reforms, it traces the progress and legacies of each of the three traditions. For academics and students across social policy and the political economy, this is an illuminating new perspective on the welfare state through the last two centuries.

Author : Kees van Kersbergen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2003-09-02
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781134818341

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Social Capitalism by Kees van Kersbergen Pdf

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : Kees van Kersbergen,Philip Manow
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-04-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139479202

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Religion, Class Coalitions, and Welfare States by Kees van Kersbergen,Philip Manow Pdf

This book radically revises established knowledge in comparative welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how religion shaped modern social protection systems. The interplay of societal cleavage structures and electoral rules produced the different political class coalitions sustaining the three welfare regimes of the Western world. In countries with proportional electoral systems the absence or presence of state–church conflicts decided whether class remained the dominant source of coalition building or whether a political logic not exclusively based on socio-economic interests (e.g. religion) was introduced into politics, particularly social policy. The political class-coalitions in countries with majoritarian systems, on the other hand, allowed only for the residual-liberal welfare state to emerge, as in the US or the UK. This book also reconsiders the role of Protestantism. Reformed Protestantism substantially delayed and restricted modern social policy. The Lutheran state churches positively contributed to the introduction of social protection programs.