Democracy and the Welfare State

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Amy Gutmann
Princeton University Press, 21/05/1988 - 290 páginas

The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are the following: Has public support for the welfare state faded? Can a democratic state provide welfare without producing dependency on welfare? Is a capitalist (or socialist) economy consistent with the preservation of equal liberty and equal opportunity for all citizens? Why and in what ways does the welfare state discriminate against women? Can we justify limiting immigration for the sake of safeguarding the welfare of Americans? How can elementary and secondary education be distributed consistently with democratic values? The volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms.

The contributors are Joseph H. Carens, Jon Elster, Robert K. Fullinwider, Amy Gutmann, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Stanley Kelley, Jr., Richard Krouse, Michael McPherson, J. Donald Moon, Carole Pateman, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Walzer.

 

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Introduction
3
Socializing the Welfare State
13
The Moral Basis of the Democratic Welfare State
27
Is There or Should There Be a Right to Work?
53
Capitalism PropertyOwning Democracy and the Welfare State
79
Distributing Public Education in a Democracy
107
Representatives in the Welfare State
131
Race Class Power and the American Welfare State
157
Democracy and the New Deal Party System
185
Immigration and the Welfare State
207
The Patriarchal Welfare State
231
Citizenship and Welfare
261
Notes on Contributors
279
Index
281
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