Franz-Xaver Kaufmann

European Foundations of the Welfare State

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Sets out a theory of the welfare state Portrays the welfare state as a political project embedded in European culture Disentangles the interaction of politics, economy and households in social welfare Assesses the welfare state's achievements and current challenges

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berghahn Books
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 589g
• ISBN-13: 9781782386872
• ISBN-10: 1782386874
• Artikelnr.: 41494223

Autorenporträt

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).

Inhaltsangabe

List of Figures
Foreword
Anthony Atkinson
Translator's Preface
Acknowledgements
Introduction: A Sociological Perspective
PART I: INTELLECTUAL FOUNDATIONS
Chapter 1. Pioneers of Social Reformism: Sismondi, List, Mill
Chapter 2. German Origins of a Theory of Social Reform: Hegel, Stein and
the Idea of 'Social Policy'
Chapter 3. Christian Infl uences on Social Reform
Chapter 4. Welfare Internationalism before the Welfare State: The Emergence
of Social Human Rights
PART II: THEORY OF SOCIAL POLICY
Chapter 5. Social Security: The Leading Idea and its Problems
Chapter 6. Social Policy Intervention: Elements of a Sociological Theory
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Chapter 7. First-order and Second-order Social Policies
PART III: THEORY OF AND FOR THE WELFARE STATE
Chapter 8. The State and the Production of Welfare
Chapter 9. National Welfare State Traditions and the European Social Model
Chapter 10. Towards a Theory of the Welfare State
PART IV: THE FUTURE OF THE WELFARE STATE
Chapter 11. The Welfare State's Achievements and Continuing Problems
Chapter 12. Human Assets and Demographic Challenges to the Welfare State
Chapter 13. Solidarity and Redistribution under the Pressure of
International Competition
Chapter 14. What Comes after the Classic Welfare State?
Bibliography
Index of Names
Index of Subjects