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UNINA9910451125303321 |
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Autore |
Mau Steffen <1968, > |
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Titolo |
The moral economy of welfare states : Britain and Germany compared / / Steffen Mau |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003 |
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1-134-37055-5 |
0-415-75859-9 |
1-280-07396-9 |
0-203-59061-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (249 p.) |
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Collana |
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Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; ; 5 |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Welfare economics |
Welfare state |
Electronic books. |
Great Britain Social policy |
Germany Social policy |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [208]-231) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction -- Self-interest and pocket-book attitudes -- Beneficial involvement -- Rising demands and ungovernability -- Legitimation crisis: value for meaning -- The welfare backlash and a rational opposition -- Entrenched interests and 'varieties of capitalism' -- Policy reforms: designing institutions for knaves -- The admixture of motives: broadening the perspective -- Preference formation beyond self-interest -- Institutions: material incentives and social norms -- The moral economy of welfare state institutions -- The homo reciprocus -- Policy designs and the repertoire of motives -- Summary -- An analytical framework -- Welfare institutions and public attitudes -- Survey data and methods -- The state of welfare -- A comparative framework -- The welfare legacy in Britain -- Laissez-faire and new liberalism -- Moving towards a Beveridgean social service state -- A welfare consensus, social rights and symptoms of crisis -- The neo-conservative era -- The activating welfare state -- The welfare legacy in Germany -- Conservative authoritarianism -- The social market |
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