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Race, ethnicity and welfare states : an American dilemma? / edited by Pauli Kettunen, Department of Political and Economic Studies, University of Helsinki, Finland, Sonya Michel, Department of History, University of Maryland, USA, Klaus Petersen, Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark ; contributors, Helena Blomberg-Kroll [and nineteen others].
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Globalization and welfare.
- Globalization and Welfare
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Myrdal, Gunnar, 1898-1987. American dilemma.
- Myrdal, Gunnar.
- Racism in public welfare--United States.
- Racism in public welfare.
- Racism in public welfare--Europe.
- United States--Race relations.
- United States.
- Europe--Race relations.
- Europe.
- United States--Social policy.
- Europe--Social policy.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (288 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2015.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In this interdisciplinary volume, leading and emerging scholars examine the relationship between homogeneity and welfare state development. They trace Gunnar Myrdal's influence on thinking about race in the US and explore current European states' approaches to the strangers in their midst, and what social citizenship looks like from a global perspective. Myrdal's An American Dilemma: The Negro Problem and Modern Democracy persuaded many scholars that the United States failed to develop a robust welfare state because of its ethnic and racial heterogeneity. Conversely, it argued that homogeneity was a precondition for the creation of strong welfare states in European, especially Nordic, countries. With increasing diversity now challenging these welfare states, the kind of 'dilemma' that Myrdal identified no longer appears to be solely an American one. Students and scholars of contemporary welfare states in the social sciences and policy studies will find this to be an insightful read, as the book challenges current perceptions. It will also be of interest to policy makers and practitioners looking to examine the historical context behind the politics of welfare states in the US and Scandinavia.
- Contents:
- Part I. Myrdal in his time
- Part II. Diversity in the making of welfare states
- Part III. Europe's current dilemma
- Part IV. The American dilemma goes global.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed August 11, 2015).
- ISBN:
- 1-78471-537-9
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