Analysing social policy concepts and language : comparative and transnational perspectives / [electronic resource]
Béland, Daniel,editor.
Petersen, Klaus,1965-editor.
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.
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
Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
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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.
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