02636nam 2200613 a 450 991046253070332120200520144314.01-282-25423-597866138148830-85745-477-3(CKB)2670000000230724(EBL)982085(OCoLC)802694995(SSID)ssj0000695428(PQKBManifestationID)12266466(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000695428(PQKBWorkID)10675808(PQKB)11610267(MiAaPQ)EBC982085(Au-PeEL)EBL982085(CaPaEBR)ebr10583759(CaONFJC)MIL381488(EXLCZ)99267000000023072420110929d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrEuropean foundations of the welfare state[electronic resource] /Franz-Xaver Kaufmann ; translated from the German by John Veit-Wilson, with the assistance of Thomas Skelton-RobinsonNew York Berghahn Books20121 online resource (406 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-78238-687-4 0-85745-476-5 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.pt. 1. Intellectual foundations -- pt. 2. Theory of social policy -- pt. 3. Theory of and for the welfare state -- pt. 4. The future of the welfare state.While social welfare programs, often inspired by international organizations, are spreading throughout the world, the more far-reaching notion of governmental responsibility for the basic well-being of all members of a political society is not, although it remains a feature of Europe and the former British Commonwealth. The welfare state in the European sense is not simply an administrative arrangement of various measures of social protection but a political project embedded in distinct cultural traditions. Offering the first accessible account in English of the historical development of the EWelfare stateEuropePublic welfareEuropeElectronic books.Welfare statePublic welfare330.12/6094Kaufmann Franz-Xaver295197Veit Wilson John H994650Skelton-Robinson Thomas994651MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910462530703321European foundations of the welfare state2277953UNINA