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Reflexive democracy : political equality and the welfare state / Kevin Olson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Olson, Kevin.
- Series:
- Studies in contemporary German social thought.
- Studies in contemporary German social thought
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 249 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An argument for justifying the welfare state politically rather than economically, based on an ideal of democratic equality.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Acknowledgments
- 1 The Conceptual Crisis of the Welfare State
- 2 Vulnerability, Exploitation, and the Market
- 3 Recognizing Gender, Redistributing Labor
- 4 Democracy, Rights, and Citizenship
- 5 The Paradox of Enablement
- 6 Reflexive Citizenship
- 7 The Normative Basis of Constitutional Rights
- 8 Political Equality, Legal Legitimacy, and Welfare
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen.
- Digitized and made available by: Books 24x7.com.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-237) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-09804-7
- 9786612098048
- 0-262-28103-1
- 1-4294-7739-3
- OCLC:
- 145463993
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