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  3. The Politics of Social Solidarity
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Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:
November 2009
Print publication year:
1990
Online ISBN:
9780511586378
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511586378
Subjects:
Area Studies, European History after 1450, History, European Studies, Politics and International Relations, Comparative Politics
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Book description

This book examines the social bases of the European welfare state, and the interests developed in or against social policy by various classes of society, during the period 1875–1975 in Britain, France, Germany, Denmark and Sweden. By analysing the competing concerns of different social factors that lie behind the evolution of social policy, it explains why some nations have had an easy time in developing a generous and solidaristic welfare state while others fought long and entrenched battles. In particular, the book examines the period after the Second World War and looks in detail at the stake developed by the bourgeoisie in welfare policies. By casting its net across five nations and virtually a whole century, the book attempts to establish a broad logic of interest behind the welfare state on the basis of a very extensive range of archival material.

Reviews

‘ … a very important book, one that is certain to become a cornerstone in the welfare state literature … In the introduction, Baldwin claims that ‘the search for the social bases of welfare states is far from over’. This book does not put a final end to the search, but it does catapult it to new heights of scholarship.’

Source: American Journal of Sociology

‘ … a study which manages to be both authoritative and remarkably wide in scope … a book which gives intellectual pleasure and must be compulsory reading for everyone interested in comparative studies.’

Source: Journal of European Social Policy

‘ … definitely one of the most invigorating and sharp analyses that has been produced over the last ten years on the theory of the evolution of the modern welfare state.’

Source: Journal of Public Policy

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