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UNINA9910556096803321 |
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Autore |
Giomi Fabio |
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Public and Private Welfare in Modern Europe / / edited by Fabio Giomi, Célia Keren, Morgane Labbé |
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Taylor & Francis, 2022 |
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Abingdon, Oxon, United Kingdom : , : Routledge, , 2022 |
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1-00-327545-1 |
1-000-59237-5 |
1-003-27545-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (226 pages) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Public welfare |
Social service |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Since the 1980s, neoliberals have openly contested the idea that the state should protect the socio-economic well-being of its citizens, making 'privatization' their mantra. Yet, as historians and social scientists have shown, welfare has always been a 'mixed economy', wherein private and public actors dynamically interacted, collaborating or competing with each other in the provision of welfare services. This book will be of interest to students, scholars and practitioners of welfare by developing three innovative approaches. Firstly, it illuminates the productive nature of public/private entanglements. Far from amounting to a zero-sum game, the interactions between the two sectors have changed over time what welfare encompasses, its contents and targets, often engendering the creation of new fields of intervention. Secondly, this book departs from a well-established tradition of comparison between Western nation-states by using and mixing various scales of analysis (local, national, international and global) and by covering case studies from Spain to Poland and France to Greece in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Thirdly, this book goes beyond state centrism in welfare studies by bringing back a host |
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of public and private actors, from municipalities to international organizations, from older charities to modern NGOs. |
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UNINA9911008457303321 |
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Autore |
Brewer Mark D |
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Split : class and cultural divides in American politics / / Mark D. Brewer, Jeffrey M. Stonecash |
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Washington, D.C., : CQ Press, c2007 |
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9781483330532 |
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9780872892989 |
0872892980 |
9781483300313 |
1483300315 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xvi, 224 p.) : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Class consciousness - Political aspects - United States |
Social conflict - United States |
Culture conflict - United States |
United States Social conditions 21st century |
United States Politics and government 2001-2009 |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Monografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Talk of politics in the United States today is abuzz with warring red and blue factions. The message is that Americans are split due to deeply-held beliefs--over abortion, gay marriage, stem-cell research, prayer in public schools. Is this cultural divide a myth, the product of elite partisans? Or is the split real?Yes, argue authors Mark Brewer and Jeffrey Stonecash--the cultural divisions are real. Yet they tell only half the story. Differences in income and economic opportunity also fuel division--a split along class lines. Cultural issues have not displaced |
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class issues, as many believe. Split shows that both divisions coexist meaning that levels of taxation and the quality of healthcare matter just as much as the debate over the right to life versus the right to choose.The authors offer balanced, objective analysis, complete with a wealth of data-rich figures and tables, to explain the social trends underlying these class and cultural divides and then explore the response of the parties and voters. Offering solid empirical evidence, the authors show that how politicians, the media, and interest groups perceive citizen preferences--be they cultural or class based--determines whether or not the public gets what it wants. Simply put, each set of issues creates political conflict and debate that produce very different policies and laws. With a lively and highly readable narrative, students at every level will appreciate the brevity and punch of Split and come away with a more nuanced understanding of the divisions that drive the current American polity. |
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