Social Justice Legitimacy And The Welfare State

Author : Benjamin Veghte
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-05
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351899444

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Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State by Benjamin Veghte Pdf

Drawing together leading international experts such as Knut Halvorsen, Robert Y. Shapiro, Stefan Svallfors and Wim van Oorschot, this volume addresses issues of justice and legitimacy in the context of welfare state transformation. The contributors demonstrate that the Western welfare state is not at risk of losing support or encountering fundamental opposition, but does face serious challenges including growing social and ethnic diversity, new social risks, fiscal constraints and contested notions of justice. The volume focuses on four main aspects: attitude formation in cross-national perspective, the just distribution of burdens and benefits, political factors mediating the effects of social attitudes on public policy and challenges to the welfare state stemming from immigration and ethnic diversity. Providing a comparative perspective on the issue, Social Justice, Legitimacy and the Welfare State makes a significant contribution to the literature on the public standing of the welfare state.

Author : Bo Rothstein
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998-02-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0521598931

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Just Institutions Matter by Bo Rothstein Pdf

In this book Bo Rothstein seeks to defend the universal welfare state against a number of important criticisms which it has faced in recent years. He combines genuine philosophical analysis of normative issues concerning what the state ought to do with empirical political scientific research in public policy examining what the state can do. Issues discussed include the relationship between welfare state and civil society, the privatization of social services, and changing values within society. His analysis centres around the importance of political institutions as both normative and empirical entities, and Rothstein argues that the choice of such institutions at certain formative moments in a country's history is what determines the political support for different types of social policy. He thus explains the great variation among contemporary welfare states in terms of differing moral and political logics which have been set in motion by the deliberate choices of political institutions. The book is an important contribution to both philosophical and political debates about the future of the welfare state.

Author : Wim van Oorschot,Femke Roosma,Bart Meuleman,Tim Reeskens
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2017-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781785367212

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The Social Legitimacy of Targeted Welfare by Wim van Oorschot,Femke Roosma,Bart Meuleman,Tim Reeskens Pdf

This book addresses new perspectives on the perceived popular deservingness of target groups of social services and benefits, offering new insights and analysis to this quickly developing field of welfare attitudes research. It provides an up-to-date state of the art in terms of concepts, theories, research methods and data. The book offers a multi-disciplinary view on deservingness attitudes, with contributions from sociology, political science, media studies and social psychology. It links up with central welfare state debates about the allocation of collective resources between groups with particular needs, and wider categories of need.

Author : John S. Dryzek,Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Public welfare
ISBN : 0947737111

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Risk Sharing and Social Justice by John S. Dryzek,Robert E. Goodin Pdf

Author : Josefina Figueira-McDonough
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 460 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0761930248

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The Welfare State and Social Work by Josefina Figueira-McDonough Pdf

Presents an assessment of the historical, sociopolitical, and economic factors that have influenced social work policy and practice in the United States.

Author : Gerhard Wegner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Church and social problems
ISBN : 3374041639

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The Legitimacy of the Welfare State by Gerhard Wegner Pdf

This volume contributes to the current debates on the historical evolution and the legitimacy of the welfare state. This initially means exploring the lines of connection between the major transformations in 16th century (Reformation) and the formation of modern welfare states. What is shown: Religion matters. Then the volume concentrates on the present-day situation and the outlook for the future. How do things stand today with regard to the welfare state? From a global point of view it does not by any means appear to be regarded as a matter of course that it represents the way forward into the modern age. Some of the classic welfare states - for example the United Kingdom - appear to have already turned away from pursuing this path. And the welfare state is undergoing constant metamorphoses, and has to react to situations of changing need, especially as far as processes of individualisation and gender structures are concerned. But still the welfare state sticks to the moral obligations, which once led to his inception. This volume is a collection of papers given at a conference in Berlin in April 2014 on the subject of "Protestant Ethics and the Modern Welfare State: Late Effects of the Reformation".

Author : Brian Lund
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2002-03-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781412932790

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Understanding State Welfare by Brian Lund Pdf

This accessible and original text combines a systematic examination of the theories of welfare with an historical account of the evolution of the welfare state and its impact in promoting social justice. It identifies the principles governing social distribution and examines the rationales for these different distributive principles. This book also links the theories of distribution to the actual development of social policy and considers their outcomes. Understanding State Welfare will be essential reading for students of social policy. It provides a clear understanding of both theories of welfare and the history of the development of the British welfare state.

Author : Gerhard Wegner
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Neoliberalism
ISBN : 3374043402

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The Legitimacy of the Welfare State by Gerhard Wegner Pdf

Author : J. Donald Moon,J Donald Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2019-06-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000309874

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Responsibility, Rights, And Welfare by J. Donald Moon,J Donald Moon Pdf

This book explores the social, historical, and philosophical bases of the welfare state. It examines the ways in which the welfare state gives expression to the deepest impulses and values of our way of life as it deals with the issues of poverty and social dislocation.

Author : Clara Sabbagh,Manfred Schmitt
Publisher : Springer
Page : 504 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-08
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781493932160

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Handbook of Social Justice Theory and Research by Clara Sabbagh,Manfred Schmitt Pdf

The International Society for Justice Research (ISJR) aims to provide a platform for interdisciplinary justice scholars who are encouraged to present and exchange their ideas. This exchange has yielded a fruitful advance of theoretical and empirically-oriented justice research. This volume substantiates this academic legacy and the research prospects of the ISJR in the field of justice theory and research. Included are themes and topics such as the theory of the justice motive, the mapping of the multifaceted forms of justice (distributive, procedural) and justice in context-bound spheres (e.g. non-humans). It presents a comprehensive "state of the art" overview in the field of justice research theory and it puts forth an agenda for future interdisciplinary and international justice research. It is worth noting that authors in this proposed volume represent ISJR's leading scholarship. Thus, the compilation of their research within a single framework exposes potential readers to high quality academic work that embodies the past, current and future trends of justice research.

Author : Wim van Oorschot,Michael Opielka,Birgit Pfau-Effinger
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781848440234

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Culture and Welfare State by Wim van Oorschot,Michael Opielka,Birgit Pfau-Effinger Pdf

. . . the book focuses on a very interesting and important. . . dimension of welfare analysis. . . the book provides a very rich and interesting range of analyses of the complex links between culture and welfare state. It deserves to be read both by advanced undergraduates and academics working in this area, and perhaps should also be read by policy-makers and politicians as a useful corrective to an overly economistic approach to welfare in the straitened years ahead. Rob Sykes, Social Policy and Administration The essays in this collection advance cultural analysis of the welfare state by describing the experiences of a large array of developed nations. . . Highly recommended. D. Stoesz, Choice Culture and Welfare State provides comparative studies on the interplay between cultural factors and welfare policies. Starting with an analysis of the historical and cultural foundations of Western European welfare states, reflected in the competing ideologies of liberalism, conservatism and socialism, the book goes on to compare the Western European welfare model to those in North America, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. Comprehensive and engaging, this volume examines not only the relationships between cultural change and welfare restructuring, taking empirical evidence from policy reforms in contemporary Europe, but also the popular legitimacy of welfare, focusing particularly on the underlying values, beliefs and attitudes of people in European countries. This book will be of great interest to sociologists and political scientists, as well as social policy experts interested in a cultural perspective on the welfare state.

Author : Charles J. G. Sampford,Denis James Galligan
Publisher : London ; Wolfeboro, N.H. : Croom Helm
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Political Science
ISBN : UOM:39015016195995

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Law, Rights, and the Welfare State by Charles J. G. Sampford,Denis James Galligan Pdf

Human rights, by H.J. McCloskey

Author : Tijs Laenen,Bart Meuleman,Wim van Oorschot
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781788976305

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Welfare State Legitimacy in Times of Crisis and Austerity by Tijs Laenen,Bart Meuleman,Wim van Oorschot Pdf

Has there been change or continuity in the welfare attitudes of Europeans since the 2008 financial crisis? Using data from the European Social Survey, this book reveals how various types of welfare attitudes evolved between 2008, when the crisis triggered economic recessions and welfare reforms across Europe, and 2016, when most countries had largely recovered from that crisis.

Author : Amy Gutmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
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 : Bill Jordan
Publisher : SAGE
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 1998-09-28
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780761960218

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The New Politics of Welfare by Bill Jordan Pdf

This critical and highly topical introduction to the current debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the United Kingdom and the United States explains the origins and main tenets of the new Blair-Clinton orthodoxy. Central to the book is an examination of this orthodoxy's appeal to the concept of social justice. Bill Jordan demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the more fundamental principles of liberal democracy and the requirements of transnational economic exchange. He links the new politics of welfare to liberal and communitarian theories of citizenship and social justice, and assesses the broader prospects for European social policy in