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1 online resource (xiv, 345 pages) : illustrations |
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ANALYSING SOCIAL POLICY CONCEPTS AND LANGUAGE; Contents; List of figures and tables; List of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction: social policy concepts and language; Exploring social policy language and concepts; Analytical considerations; Case selection and chapter outline; 1. Social policy language in Denmark and Sweden; Answers to the workers' question; The sociopolitical language of the nation-state 1920-45; The 'welfare state' 1940s-1970s; Towards a new welfare state language; Conclusion |
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2. The changing language of social policy in Hungary and PolandFrom the late 19th century to the end of the Second World War; State socialism; Capitalist democracy after 1989; Conclusion; 3. Languages of 'social policy' at 'the EU level'; 'Social policy' at 'the EU level': linking two problematic notions with one another; The production and circulation of social policy languages in EU public forums; Ideas and cognitive and normative frameworks; Forums and arenas; The mélange des genres; English as the lingua franca of social science |
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Social policy forums and language at the EU level: three illustrationsConclusion; 4. The OECD's search for a new social policy language: from welfare state to active society; From 'quality of life' to 'welfare state in crisis'; From welfare society to active society; Conclusion; 5. The discursive power of international organisations: social policy language and concepts in the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund; Discursive power of international organisations; Development as a technological and modernisation issue; Development as a political priority |
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Development as a holistic approachA critical assessment: social policy in word and deed; 6. Original and imitated or elusive and limited? Towards a genealogy of the welfare state idea in Britain; The emergence of the welfare state concept in Britain before 1945; British State social reform from the mid-1940s; Conclusion; 7. Social policy concepts and language in France; Social security; État-providence; Solidarity; Social exclusion; Conclusion; 8. The language of social politics in Finland; Society as a temporalised concept; The state called society; Society and economy |
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Social policy and societal policyWelfare state; Welfare state and welfare society; 9. Germany: constructing the 'win-win' society; Ending class conflict (as we know it): a brief history of conceptual regimes; The prewar regime: setting the tone -- social policy as political mediation; The interwar regime: losing ground -- the welfare state as a political battlefield; The post-war regime: flying high -- social partnership as a political philosophy; The post-unification regime: playing by the rules -- social policies for the active society |
| Summary |
Where do concepts such as "welfare state" and "social security" come from and how does their meaning changed over time. This edited collection, written by a cross-disciplinary group of leading social policy researchers, analyses the concepts and language used to make sense of contemporary social policy |
| Notes |
Cutting the long 20th century short: in search of the 'win-win' society |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
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Social policy.
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Social planning.
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Multiculturalism.
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Economic policy.
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public policy.
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multiculturalism.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Policy.
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Economic policy
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Multiculturalism.
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Social planning.
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Social policy.
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Society.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Terminology.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Béland, Daniel.
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Petersen, Klaus, 1965-
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| ISBN |
9781447306450 |
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1447306457 |
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9781447311607 |
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1447311604 |
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