Bibliograph

European foundations of the welfare state, Franz-Xaver Kaufmann ; translated from the German by John Veit-Wilson ; with the assistance of Thomas Skelton-Robinson

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European foundations of the welfare state, Franz-Xaver Kaufmann ; translated from the German by John Veit-Wilson ; with the assistance of Thomas Skelton-Robinson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages [356]-380) and indexes

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

European foundations of the welfare state

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bibliography

Oclc number

755905555

Responsibility statement

Franz-Xaver Kaufmann ; translated from the German by John Veit-Wilson ; with the assistance of Thomas Skelton-Robinson

Table Of Contents

Pioneers of social reformism: Sismondi, List, Mill -- German origins of a theory of social reform: Hegel, Stein and the idea of 'social policy' -- Christian influences on social reform -- Welfare internationalism before the welfare state: the emergence of social human rights -- Social security: the leading idea and its problems -- Social policy intervention: elements of a sociological theory -- First-order and second-order social policies -- The state and the production of welfare -- National welfare state traditions and the European social model -- Towards a theory of the welfare state -- The welfare state's achievements and continuing problems -- Human assets and demographic challenges to the welfare state -- Solidarity and redistribution under the pressure of international competition -- What comes after the classic welfare state?

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