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
Description: "Culture and Welfare State provides comparative studies on the interplay between cultural factors and welfare policies. Starting with an analysis of the historical and cultural foundations of Western European welfare states, reflected in the competing ideologies of liberalism, conservatism and socialism, the book goes on to compare the Western European welfare model to those in North America, Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. This volume examines not only the relationships between cultural change and welfare restructuring, taking empirical evidence from policy reforms in contemporary Europe, but also the popular legitimacy of welfare, focusing particularly on the underlying values, beliefs and attitudes of people in European countries." "This book will be of great interest to sociologists and political scientists, as well as social policy experts interested in a cultural perspective on the welfare state."--BOOK JACKET.
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.