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First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor &
Francis, an informa company.
Christian democracy has been one of the most successful political
movements in post-war Western Europe yet its crucial impact on the
development of the modern European welfare state has been
neglected. In this study, Kees van Kersbergen demonstrates the
precise nature of the links between Christian democracy and the
welfare state. Using a variety of sources the author describes the
origin and development of the Christian Democratic movement and
presents comparative accounts of the varying degrees of political
entrenchment of national Christian Democratic parties. Drawing upon
cross-national indicators of welfare state development he
identifies and explains the existence of a distinctively Christian
Democratic (as opposed to a liberal or social democratic)
welfare-state regime which he labels "social capitalism".
Welfare state reform occurs in all advanced capitalist democracies,
but it does not occur in identical ways, to the same degree or with
similar consequences. In Comparative Welfare State Politics, Kees
van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities
and constraints of welfare state reform by asking 'big' questions.
Why did we need a welfare state in the first place? How did we get
it? Why did we get different worlds of welfare and do we still have
them? What does the welfare state actually do? Why do we need to
reform the welfare state? Why is reform so difficult, but why does
it nevertheless happen? Can and will the welfare state survive the
Great Recession? This book informs the reader comprehensively about
the welfare state, while contributing to the ongoing debate on the
politics of welfare state reform.
Welfare state reform occurs in all advanced capitalist democracies,
but it does not occur in identical ways, to the same degree or with
similar consequences. In Comparative Welfare State Politics, Kees
van Kersbergen and Barbara Vis explain the political opportunities
and constraints of welfare state reform by asking 'big' questions.
Why did we need a welfare state in the first place? How did we get
it? Why did we get different worlds of welfare and do we still have
them? What does the welfare state actually do? Why do we need to
reform the welfare state? Why is reform so difficult, but why does
it nevertheless happen? Can and will the welfare state survive the
Great Recession? This book informs the reader comprehensively about
the welfare state, while contributing to the ongoing debate on the
politics of welfare state reform.
Contemporary democracies vary greatly in how much income inequality
they tolerate. Some, like the United States and the United Kingdom,
have seen high and rising levels for decades, while others, such as
the Nordic countries, are much more equal. This comprehensive text
draws on a wealth of cutting-edge theories and empirical data to
examine the political and economic causes and consequences of
income inequality around the globe. It is organized around a set of
key questions, including: - Is there something morally wrong with
inequality? - Is inequality good or bad for economic growth? - How
does inequality affect political participation and engagement? -
Who decides in the politics of inequality? Systematic and
accessible, this is the perfect book for students with an interest
in the connections between politics and inequality.
This book radically revises established knowledge in comparative
welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how
religion shaped modern social protection systems. The interplay of
societal cleavage structures and electoral rules produced the
different political class coalitions sustaining the three welfare
regimes of the Western world. In countries with proportional
electoral systems the absence or presence of state church conflicts
decided whether class remained the dominant source of coalition
building or whether a political logic not exclusively based on
socio-economic interests (e.g. religion) was introduced into
politics, particularly social policy. The political
class-coalitions in countries with majoritarian systems, on the
other hand, allowed only for the residual-liberal welfare state to
emerge, as in the US or the UK. This book also reconsiders the role
of Protestantism. Reformed Protestantism substantially delayed and
restricted modern social policy. The Lutheran state churches
positively contributed to the introduction of social protection
programs.
This book radically revises established knowledge in comparative
welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how
religion shaped modern social protection systems. The interplay of
societal cleavage structures and electoral rules produced the
different political class coalitions sustaining the three welfare
regimes of the Western world. In countries with proportional
electoral systems the absence or presence of state church conflicts
decided whether class remained the dominant source of coalition
building or whether a political logic not exclusively based on
socio-economic interests (e.g. religion) was introduced into
politics, particularly social policy. The political
class-coalitions in countries with majoritarian systems, on the
other hand, allowed only for the residual-liberal welfare state to
emerge, as in the US or the UK. This book also reconsiders the role
of Protestantism. Reformed Protestantism substantially delayed and
restricted modern social policy. The Lutheran state churches
positively contributed to the introduction of social protection
programs.
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