Culture And Welfare State: Values and Social Policy in Comparative Perspective - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1845423895 ISBN 13 : 9781845423896

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2008

Synopsis

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. Comprehensive and engaging, 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.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Edited by Wim van Oorschot, Professor of Social Policy, University of Leuven, Belgium, Michael Opielka, Institute for Social Ecology and Birgit Pfau-Effinger, Professor of Sociology, University of Hamburg, Germany

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1845423895
• ISBN 13: 9781845423896
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Van Oorschot Wim, Opielka Michael, Pfau-Effinger Birgit
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible