Overview
- Provides a synthetic interpretation of the parallel transformation of citizenship and the welfare state
- Contributes to the literature on the dimension of citizens’ social rights and the social reforms that take place in different historical phases of capitalism
- Develops a typology that codifies the major transformations that have taken place in the two concepts since the postwar period
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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.
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Book Title: Citizenship and Social Policy
Book Subtitle: From Post-War Development to Permanent Crisis
Authors: Nikos Kourachanis
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59827-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Social Sciences, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59826-6Published: 22 November 2020
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59827-3Published: 21 November 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VII, 103
Topics: Social Policy, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Work and Community Development, Comparative Social Policy, Social Choice/Welfare Economics/Public Choice/Political Economy, Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology