Alice (Hrsg.) Kessler-Harris

Democracy and the Welfare State

The Two Wests in the Age of Austerity

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In this book, leading historians and social scientists rethink the history of social democracy and the welfare state in the United States and Europe in light of the global transformations of the economic order. Separately and together, they ask how changes in the distribution of wealth reshape the meaning of citizenship in a post-welfare-state era. They explore how the harsh effects of austerity and inequality influence democratic participation. They discuss distinct national and international settings, speaking to both local particularities and transnational and transatlantic exchanges. Covering a range of topics¿the lives of migrant workers… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Vaudagna, Maurizio (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-231-18035-1
EAN: 9780231180351
Produktnummer: 22861418
Verlag: University Presses
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H22.8 cm x B15.2 cm x D3.2 cm 631 g
Gewicht: 631

Über den Autor

Alice Kessler-Harris is R. Gordon Hoxie Professor of American History, emerita, and a professor in the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at Columbia University. Her books include Out to Work: A History of Wage-Earning Women in the United States (1982); In Pursuit of Equity: Women, Men, and the Quest for Economic Citizenship in Twentieth Century America (2001); A Woman's Wage (2014); and A Difficult Woman: The Challenging Life and Times of Lillian Hellman (2012). Maurizio Vaudagna is professor of contemporary history, emeritus, at the University of Eastern Piedmont. He is the author or editor of several books, including The American Century in Europe (2003) and The New Deal and the American Welfare State: Essays from a Transatlantic Perspective (2014). With Alice Kessler-Harris, he is the editor of Democracy and Social Rights in the Two Wests (2009).