The Right And The Welfare State

Author : Carsten Jensen
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199678419

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The Right and the Welfare State by Carsten Jensen Pdf

"Uses the distinction between labor market risks and life-course risks in order to explain why the Right's voters care much more about some social programs than about others and why, consequently, the policies of Right governments are much more diverse than is normally thought. The book also introduces the concepts of "marketization via layering" and "erode and attack" to help explain the peculiar approach to reforms adopted by Right governments."--Publishers website.

Author : Toomas Kotkas,Kenneth Veitch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781315524313

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Social Rights in the Welfare State by Toomas Kotkas,Kenneth Veitch Pdf

At a time when the future of the welfare state is the object of heated debate in many European countries, this edited collection explores the relationship between this institution and social rights. Structured around the themes of the politics of social rights, questions of equality and social exclusion/inclusion, and the increasing impact of market imperatives on social policy, the book explores the effect of transformations in the welfare state upon social rights and their underlying rationalities and logics. Written by a group of international scholars, many of the essays discuss a number of urgent and topical issues within social policy, including: the social rights of asylum seekers; the increasing marketization and consumerization of public welfare services; the care of the elderly; and the obligation to work as a condition of access to welfare benefits. International in its scope, and interdisciplinary in its approach, this collection of essays will appeal to scholars and students working in the fields of law and socio-legal studies, sociology, social policy, and politics. It will also be of interest to policy makers and all those engaged in the debate over the future of the welfare state and social rights.

Author : David Garland
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : POLITICAL SCIENCE
ISBN : 9780199672660

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The Welfare State by David Garland Pdf

This 'Very Short Introduction' discusses the necessity of welfare states in modern capitalist societies. Situating social policy in an historical, sociological, and comparative perspective, David Garland brings a new understanding to familiar debates, policies, and institutions.

Author : David Kelley
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 188257771X

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A Life of One's Own by David Kelley Pdf

The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government. David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.

Author : J. Donald Moon,J Donald Moon
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 52,7 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 : Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780691221878

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Reasons for Welfare by Robert E. Goodin Pdf

Robert Goodin passionately and cogently defends the welfare state from current attacks by the New Right. But he contends that the welfare state finds false friends in those on the Old Left who would justify it as a hesitant first step toward some larger, ideally just form of society. Reasons for Welfare, in contrast, offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any such broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments that is both acute and devastating. In the author's view, the welfare state is best justified as a device for protecting needy--and hence vulnerable--members of society against the risk of exploitation by those possessing discretionary control over resources that they require. Its task is to protect the interests of those not in a position to protect themselves. Communitarian or egalitarian ideals may lead us to move beyond the welfare state as thus conceived and justified. Moving beyond it, however, does not invalidate the arguments for constantly maintaining at least the minimal protections necessary for vulnerable members of society.

Author : Howard Glennerster,James Midgley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : Chicago school of economics
ISBN : 0745009778

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The Radical Right and the Welfare State by Howard Glennerster,James Midgley Pdf

Author : Amy Gutmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 45,5 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 : Charles J. G. Sampford,Denis James Galligan
Publisher : London ; Wolfeboro, N.H. : Croom Helm
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Civil rights
ISBN : UCAL:B4964796

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

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Author : Anders Molander
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781315450476

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Discretion in the Welfare State by Anders Molander Pdf

Welfare state professionals decide or establish premises as to whom will receive what, in what manner, when and how much, and when enough is enough. They control who passes through the gates of the welfare state. This book provides an in-depth understanding of the phenomenon of discretion. It shows why the delegation of discretionary powers to professionals in the front-line of the welfare state is both unavoidable and problematic. Extensive use of discretion can threaten the principles of the rule of law and relinquish democratic control over the implementation of laws and policies. The book introduces an understanding of discretion that adds an epistemic dimension (discretion as a mode of reasoning) to the common structural understanding of discretion (an area of judgment and decision). Accordingly, it distinguishes between structural and epistemic measures of accountability. The aim of the former is to constrain discretionary spaces or the behavior within them while the aim of the latter is to improve the quality of discretionary reasoning. This text will be of key interest to scholars and students in the fields of applied philosophy, public policy and public administration, welfare state research, and the sociology of professions.

Author : Norman Johnson
Publisher : Univ of Massachusetts Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 0870236180

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The Welfare State in Transition by Norman Johnson Pdf

Focusing on welfare states in capitalist societies, The Welfare State in Transition carries forward the debate on pluralism, identifying and discussing the problems involved in transferring responsibility for welfare services from the state to the other three sectors.

Author : David Kelley
Publisher : Cato Institute
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Objectivism (Philosophy)
ISBN : 1882577701

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A Life of One's Own by David Kelley Pdf

The welfare state rests on the assumption that people have rights to food, shelter, health care, retirement income, and other goods provided by the government. David Kelley examines the historical origins of that assumption, and the rationale used to support it today.

Author : Paul Pierson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1995-09-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781316583531

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Dismantling the Welfare State? by Paul Pierson Pdf

This book offers a careful examination of the politics of social policy in an era of austerity and conservative governance. Focusing on the administrations of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, Pierson provides a compelling explanation for the welfare state's durability and for the few occasions where each government was able to achieve significant cutbacks. The programmes of the modern welfare state - the 'policy legacies' of previous governments - generally proved resistant to reform. Hemmed in by the political supports that have developed around mature social programmes, conservative opponents of the welfare state were successful only when they were able to divide the supporters of social programmes, compensate those negatively affected, or hide what they were doing from potential critics. The book will appeal to those interested in the politics of neo-conservatism as well as those concerned about the development of the modern welfare state. It will attract readers in the fields of comparative politics, public policy, and political economy.

Author : Christopher Pierson
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0271018615

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Beyond the Welfare State? by Christopher Pierson Pdf

First published in 1991, Beyond the Welfare State? has been thoroughly revised and updated for this new edition, which draws on the latest theoretical developments and empirical evidence. It remains the most comprehensive and sophisticated guide to the condition of the welfare state in a time of rapid and sometimes bewildering change. The opening chapters offer a scholarly but accessible review of competing interpretations of the historical and contemporary roles of the welfare state. This evaluation, based on the most recent empirical research, gives full weight to feminist, ecological, and "anti-racist" critiques and also develops a clear account of globalization and its contested impact upon existing welfare regimes. The book constructs a distinctive history of the international growth of welfare states and offers a comprehensive account of recent developments from "crisis" to "structural adjustment." The final chapters bring the story right up to date with an assessment of the important changes effected in the 1990s and the prospects for welfare states in the new millennium.

Author : Stefan Svallfors
Publisher : Stanford University Press
Page : 271 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2012-08-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780804783170

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Contested Welfare States by Stefan Svallfors Pdf

The welfare state is a trademark of the European social model. An extensive set of social and institutional actors provides protection against common risks, offering economic support in periods of hardship and ensuring access to care and services. Welfare policies define a set of social rights and address common vulnerabilities to protect citizens from market uncertainties. But over recent decades, European welfare states have undergone profound restructuring and recalibration. This book analyzes people's attitudes toward welfare policies across Europe, and offers a novel comparison with the United States. Occupied with normative orientations toward the redistribution of resources and public policies aimed at ameliorating adverse conditions, the book focuses on the interplay between individual welfare attitudes and behavior, institutional contexts, and structural variables. It provides essential input into the comparative study of welfare state attitudes and offers critical insights into the public legitimacy of welfare state reform.