Contradictions of the welfare state
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Contradictions of the welfare state
(Routledge library editions. Welfare and the state)
Routledge, 2019
- pbk.
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Translated from the German
Originally published: Cambridge, Massachusetts: The MIT Press, 1984
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Claus Offe's essays to appear in a single volume in English. The political writings in this volume are primarily concerned with the origins of the present difficulties of welfare capitalist states, and he indicates why in the present period, these states are no longer capable of fully managing the socio-political problems and conflicts generated by late capitalist societies. Offe discusses the viability of New Right, corporatist and democratic socialist proposals for restructuring the welfare state. He also offers fresh and penetrating insights into a range of other subjects, including social movements, political parties, law, social policy, and labour markets.
Table of Contents
List of figures Acknowledgements Editor's Preface Foreword Introduction 1. 'Crises of Crisis Management': Elements of a Political Crisis Theory 2. 'Ungovernability': The Renaissance of Conservative Theories of Crisis 3. Social Policy and the Theory of the State 4. Theses on the Theory of the State 5. Legitimacy Versus Efficiency 6. Some Contradictions of the Modern Welfare State 7. The Separation of Form and Content in Liberal Democracy 8. Competitive Party Democracy and the Keynesian Welfare State 9. Political Culture and Social Democratic Administration 10. Alternative Strategies in Consumer Policy 11. European Socialism and the Role of the State 12. Reflections on the Welfare State and the Future of Socialism. An Interview Index
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