Power Resource Theory and the Welfare State : : A Critical Approach /

Power Resource Theory and the Welfare State : : A Critical Approach / / ed. by Julia S. O'Connor, Gregg M. Olsen.

This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a groundbreaking approach to political theory that builds upon the existing strengths of Marxist theorizing while addressing its weaknesses. Rather than simply asserting that all social policies in all capitalist societies exist to mai...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
MitwirkendeR:
Baldwin, Peter,
Esping-Andersen, Gøsta,
Huber, Evelyne,
Korpi, Walter,
Lewis, Jane,
Olsen, Gregg M.,
O’Connor, Julia S.,
Quadagno, Jill,
Rothstein, Bo,
Stephens, John D.,
Wennemo, Irene,
HerausgeberIn:
O'Connor, Julia S.,
Olsen, Gregg M.,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©1998
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (368 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • The Iceberg of Power below the Surface: A Preface to Power Resources Theory
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contributors
  • Introduction Understanding the Welfare State: Power Resources Theory and Its Critics
  • PART I: THE POWER RESOURCES PERSPECTIVE: LABOUR STRENGTH AND WELFARE REGIMES
  • 1. Power Resources Approach vs Action and Conflict: On Causal and Intentional Explanations in the Study of Power
  • 2. The Development of Family Policy: A Comparison of Family Benefits and Tax Reductions for Families in OECD Countries
  • 3. Political Parties and Public Pensions: A Quantitative Analysis
  • 4. The Three Political Economies of the Welfare State
  • 5. Welfare Expenditure and Policy Orientation in Canada, 1960-1990, in Comparative Perspective
  • 6. Locating the Canadian Welfare State: Family Policy and Health Care in Canada, Sweden, and the United States
  • PART II: POWER RESOURCES THEORY: A CRITICAL APPROACH
  • 7. Gender, Class, and Citizenship in the Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes: Theoretical and Methodological Issues
  • 8. Gender and the Development of Welfare Regimes
  • 9. Race, Class, and Gender in the U.S. Welfare State: Nixon's Failed Family Assistance Plan
  • 10. Labour-Market Institutions and Working-Class Strength
  • 11. The Scandinavian Origins of the Social Interpretation of the Welfare State
  • 12. Re-modelling Sweden: The Rise and Demise of the Compromise in a Global Economy

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