Analysing social policy concepts and language : comparative and transnational perspectives / edited by Daniel Béland and Klaus Petersen.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Béland, Daniel, editor.

Petersen, Klaus, 1965- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy--Terminology.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 327 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Bristol : Policy Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Where do concepts such as 'welfare state' and 'social security' come from and how has their meaning changed over time? This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy.

Contents:

ANALYSING SOCIAL POLICY CONCEPTS AND LANGUAGE; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: social policy concepts and language; Exploring social policy language and concepts; Analytical considerations; Case selection and chapter outline; 1. Social policy language in Denmark and Sweden; Answers to the workers' question; The sociopolitical language of the nation-state 1920-45; The 'welfare state' 1940s-1970s; Towards a new welfare state language; Conclusion

2. The changing language of social policy in Hungary and PolandFrom the late 19th century to the end of the Second World War; State socialism; Capitalist democracy after 1989; Conclusion; 3. Languages of 'social policy' at 'the EU level'; 'Social policy' at 'the EU level': linking two problematic notions with one another; The production and circulation of social policy languages in EU public forums; Ideas and cognitive and normative frameworks; Forums and arenas; The mélange des genres; English as the lingua franca of social science

Social policy forums and language at the EU level: three illustrationsConclusion; 4. The OECD's search for a new social policy language: from welfare state to active society; From 'quality of life' to 'welfare state in crisis'; From welfare society to active society; Conclusion; 5. The discursive power of international organisations: social policy language and concepts in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; Discursive power of international organisations; Development as a technological and modernisation issue; Development as a political priority

Development as a holistic approachA critical assessment: social policy in word and deed; 6. Original and imitated or elusive and limited? Towards a genealogy of the welfare state idea in Britain; The emergence of the welfare state concept in Britain before 1945; British State social reform from the mid-1940s; Conclusion; 7. Social policy concepts and language in France; Social security; État-providence; Solidarity; Social exclusion; Conclusion; 8. The language of social politics in Finland; Society as a temporalised concept; The state called society; Society and economy

Social policy and societal policyWelfare state; Welfare state and welfare society; 9. Germany: constructing the 'win-win' society; Ending class conflict (as we know it): a brief history of conceptual regimes; The prewar regime: setting the tone - social policy as political mediation; The interwar regime: losing ground - the welfare state as a political battlefield; The post-war regime: flying high - social partnership as a political philosophy; The post-unification regime: playing by the rules - social policies for the active society

Cutting the long 20th century short: in search of the 'win-win' society

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Mar 2022).

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

ISBN:

9781447320937

144732093X

9781447311607

1447311604

9781447306450

1447306457

OCLC:

881416197