European Foundations of the Welfare State - Brossura

Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1782386874 ISBN 13: 9781782386872

Casa editrice: Berghahn Books, 2014

Riassunto

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.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Berghahn Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1782386874
• ISBN 13: 9781782386872
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 388