Synopses & Reviews
Since the 1970s the public commitment to social solidarity between citizens through comprehensive provision of welfare has been eroded by the imperatives of international markets. In this volume the problems posed to public intervention are analyzed. The contributors compare and evaluate how different countries have dealt with these challenges.
About the Author
JAMES CONNELLY Professor of Political Theory, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Hull, UK. He has published extensively on the work of R.G. Collingwood. His other publications include Politics and the Environment: From Theory to Practice (3rd edition, with Graham Smith, David Benson and Clare Saunders, 2011). His edited works include The European Union as a Leader in Climate Change Policy (with Rudi Wurzel 2011), The Legacy of Leo Strauss (with Tony Burns, 2010) Anglo-American Idealism: Thinkers and Ideas (with Stamatoula Panagakou, 2010) and Ethics Education for Irregular War (with P. Robinson and D. Carrick, 2009).
JACK HAYWARD Emeritus Professor of Politics, Oxford University, UK, andResearch Professor of Politics, Department of Politics and International Relations,University of Hull, UK. He has previously co-edited The British Study of Politics in the Twentieth Century, edited Leaderless Europe (2008) and written Fragmented France (2007). He is a fellow of the British Academy.
Table of Contents
Foreword;
R.PlantFrom Citizen Solidarity to Self-Serving Inequality;
J.HaywardPART I: PUBLIC INTERVENTION: THE ROLES OF STATE AND SOCIETY
The Rationale for the Retreat From the Welfare State; N.O'SullivanExpanding the Role of Civil Society; E.MonaghanMulticultural Society and the Welfare State; B.ParekhPART II: VICISSITUDES OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS AND PROCESSES
Constitutional Change and the Tensions of Liberal Democracy; P.NortonThe Welfare State and its Discontents; M.BeechBureaucracy: Disregarding Public Administration; E.PagePART III: INTRUSIVE NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET FORCES
From Financing Social Insurance to Insuring Financial Markets: The Socialisation of Risk and the Privatisation of Profit in an Age of Irresponsibility; S.Lee and R.WoodwardThe Environmental Challenge to Nation States: From Limits to Growth to Ecological Modernisation; R.WurzelInequality, Social Policy and the State Welfare Regime: the Case of Brazil; M.DoctorPART IV: THE RESIDUAL WARFARE STATE
Human Welfare in a World of States: Reassessing the Balance of Responsibility; J.Morris and N.WheelerFree-Riding? The Cost of Defence: The United Kingdom, France and the United States of America; C.MartinConclusion: Remaining the Welfare State?; J.Connelly