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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kaufmann, Franz-Xaver.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Welfare state--Europe.
- Welfare state.
- Public welfare--Europe.
- Public welfare.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (406 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 E
- Contents:
- pt. 1. Intellectual foundations
- pt. 2. Theory of social policy
- pt. 3. Theory of and for the welfare state
- pt. 4. The future of the welfare state.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 1-80758-997-8
- 1-282-25423-5
- 9786613814883
- 0-85745-477-3
- OCLC:
- 802694995
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