This book highlights the parallel transformations of the concepts of citizenship and the welfare state, and their dependence on the dominant political ideology, from the post-war period to the present. Kourachanis presents the welfare state as an integral part of the capitalist state and consequently, suggests that any structural changes to the capitalist state will have major impacts on the texture and content of the restructuring of the welfare state.
The research compares different formulations of citizenship and the welfare state, reflecting on social citizenship and the post-war (or Keynesian) welfare state, as well as welfare provision under neoliberalism. The research will be vital reading for academics, researchers and students of social and public policy, political and humanitarian studies, as well as policy makers and members of labour unions and activists.
Author(s): Nikos Kourachanis
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Language: English
Pages: 103
City: Cham
Acknowledgements
Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
References
Chapter 2: Citizenship and Social Policy: Conceptual Connections
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Citizenship
2.3 Social Citizenship
2.4 Social Policy
References
Chapter 3: Social Citizenship and the Keynesian Welfare State
3.1 The Social Citizenship Approach
3.2 Critics of the Social Citizenship Approach
3.3 The Development of the Keynesian Welfare State
3.4 Interpretations of the Development of the Keynesian Welfare State
References
Chapter 4: Active Citizenship and the Active Welfare State
4.1 The Active Citizenship Approach
4.2 Critics of the Active Citizenship Approach
4.3 The Establishment of the Active Welfare State
4.4 Interpretations of the Development of the Active Welfare State
References
Chapter 5: Responsible Citizenship and the Residualized Welfare State
5.1 The Responsible Citizenship Approach
5.2 Critics of the Responsible Citizenship Approach
5.3 The Acceleration of the Residualization of the Welfare State
5.4 Interpretations of the Residualized Welfare State
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Chapter 6: Conclusions
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