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Franz-Xaver Kaufmann - European Foundations of the Welfare State, Inbunden

Inbunden, Engelska, 2012

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European Foundations of the Welfare State

Av Franz-Xaver Kaufmann

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While social welfare programs, often inspired by international organizations, are spreading throughout the world, the more far-reaching notion of governmental responsibility for the basic well-being of all members of a political society is not, although it remains a feature of Europe and the former British Commonwealth. The welfare state in the European sense is not simply an administrative arrangement of various measures of social protection but a political project embedded in distinct cultural traditions. Offering the first accessible account in English of the historical development of the European idea of the welfare state, this book reviews the intellectual foundations which underpinned the road towards the European welfare state, formulates some basic concepts for its understanding, and highlights the differences in the underlying structural and philosophical conditions between continental Europe and the English-speaking world.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2012-06-01
  • Mått: 157 x 235 x 26 mm
  • Vikt: 739 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Serie: No Series Linked
  • Antal sidor: 400
  • Förlag: Berghahn Books
  • ISBN: 9780857454768
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Franz-Xaver Kaufmann is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Bielefeld. His research has focused on the history and institutions of social policy and the welfare state as well as its theory, demographic and family issues, and the sociology of religion. His major publications in English include: The Public Sector: Challenge for Coordination and Learning (edited, 1991); Family Life and Family Policies in Europe (co-edited, 2 vols; 1997, 2002); Varieties of the Welfare State (2012); and Thinking about Social Policy: The German Tradition (2012).

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"This book renders accessible a rich set of essays on the past and future development of the welfare state in Europe - and is essential reading." * from the Foreword "The author belongs to a handful of leading German sociologists. While his international reputation is undisputed, much of his work is not available in English. This collection is an excellent introduction to his work that combines systematic and historical approaches, is highly theoretical (also with respect to the history of social theory), but at the same time based on a profound knowledge of empirical material.." * Jurgen Kocka, Zentrum fur Zeithistorische Forschung Potsdam

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