Franz-Xaver Kaufmann

European Foundations of the Welfare State

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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 revi… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-85745-476-8
EAN: 9780857454768
Produktnummer: 20463502
Verlag: Berghahn Books Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H23.9 cm x B16.1 cm x D2.8 cm 698 g
Gewicht: 698

Über den Autor

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).