Social cohesion and welfare states : : from fragmentation to social peace / / edited by Christopher Lloyd, Matti Hannikainen.
Aiming to go beyond reiterating the stereotypical narrative of the rise of welfare states, this interdisciplinary book examines the long-run historical processes of the development of the welfare state. It focuses on the complex political, social, economic and institutional transformations which giv...
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| Superior document: | Perspectives in Economic and Social History Ser. |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Abingdon, Oxon, England ;, New York, New York : : Routledge,, [2022] ©2022 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Perspectives in Economic and Social History Ser.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (231 pages) |
| Notes: | Includes index. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Series
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Introduction
- 1 From social fragmentation to peaceful social cohesion: Historical and future themes
- 2 Smooth sailing toward more peaceful societies? Long-run Nordic development paths
- 3 Public-sector growth in Finland before the welfare state: Central and local government perspectives
- 4 The (strong) state, the welfare state and social cohesion: Finland in comparison
- 5 Decades of disagreement: Rise of the coordinated welfare state in the Netherlands in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries
- 6 Social cohesion through policy coordination: The state, interests and institutions in Austria and Finland after 1945
- 7 The German welfare state between path dependency, federalism, and political shocks, 19th and 20th centuries
- 8 Transition paths out of social fragmentation: The South African state, social welfare and nation building, 1950-2015
- Index.