Beyond Welfare State Models: Transnational Historical Perspectives on Social Policy - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1848445695 ISBN 13 : 9781848445697

Editeur : Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Welfare state models have for decades been the gold standard of welfare state research. Beyond Welfare State Models escapes the straitjacket of conventional welfare state models and challenges the existing literature in two ways. Firstly the contributors argue that the standard typologies have omitted important aspects of welfare state development. Secondly, the work develops and underlines the importance of a more fluid transnational conceptualisation. As this book shows, welfare states are not created in national isolation but are heavily influenced by transnational economic, political and cultural interdependencies. The authors illustrate these important points of criticism with their studies on the transnational history of social policy, religion and the welfare state, Nordic cooperation within the fields of social policy and marriage law, and the transnational contexts of national family policies. This fascinating work contributes to the understanding of the current changes of welfare states by discussing the relationship between globalized capitalism and social political regulations and by arguing that transnational transformations importantly take place within and between nation states.With its challenging and questioning approach, this cross-disciplinary book will appeal to social policy and welfare state researchers, academics and policy makers.

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Edited by Pauli Kettunen, Professor Emeritus of Political History, University of Helsinki, Finland and Klaus Petersen, Centre for Welfare State Research, University of Southern Denmark

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2011
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1848445695
• ISBN 13: 9781848445697
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 264
• Éditeur: Kettunen Pauli, Petersen Klaus
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible