Culture and welfare state
Subtitle: values and social policy in comparative perspective
By: edited by Wim van Oorschot, Michael Opielka, Birgit Pfau-Effinger.
Contributors: Oorschot, Wim van.; Opielka, Michael, 1956-; Pfau-Effinger, Birgit.
Publisher: Edward Elgar
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9781845423896
Subjects: Welfare state -- Europe; Welfare state -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The culture of the welfare state : historical and theoretical arguments / Wim van Oorschot, Michael Opielka and Birgit Pfau-Effinger; title: Liberalism, citizenship and the welfare state / Julia S. O'Connor and Gillian Robinson; title: Social democratic values in the European welfare states / Steinar Stejernø; title: Conservatism and the welfare state : intervening to preserve / Kees van Kersbergen and Monique Kremer; title: Christian foundations of the welfare state : strong cultural values in comparative perspective / Michael Opielka; title: European and American welfare values : case studies in cash benefits reform / Robert Walker; title: Is there a specific East-Central European welfare culture? / Zsuzsa Ferge; title: Welfare policy reforms in Japan and Korea : cultural and institutional factors / Ito Peng; title: Cultural change and path departure : the example of family policies in conservative welfare states / Birgit Pfau-Effinger; title: Cultures of activation : the shifting relationship between income maintenance and employment promotion in the Nordic context / Bjørn Hvinden; title: Unsettled attachments : national identity, citizenship and welfare / John Clarke and Janet Fink; title: European scope-of-government beliefs : the impact of individual, regional and national characteristics / John Gelissen; title: Popular deservingness perceptions and conditionality of solidarity in Europe / Wim van Oorschot; title: The values of work and care among women in modern societies / Detlev Lück and Dirk Hofäcker.