
The Legitimacy of the Welfare State
Religion â Gender â Neoliberalismus
- 298 pages
- English
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About this book
This volume contributes to current debates on the historical evolution and legitimacy of the welfare state. At the beginning, the lines of connection are explored between major religious transformations in 16th-century Europe (Reformation) and the birth of modern welfare states. It is shown that religion plays a major role. Furthermore, the volume concentrates on the present-day situation and gives an outlook for the future. How is the situation of the welfare state today? From a global point of view it does not appear to be regarded as a matter of course that it represents the regular development into modern age. Some of the classic welfare states â for example the United Kingdom â seem to have already turned away from this path. The welfare state is undergoing constant metamorphoses, and has to react to situations of changing need. Especially as far as processes of individualisation and gender structures are concerned. However, the welfare state still sticks to the same moral obligations, which once led to his inception. This volume is a collection of papers given at a conference in Berlin in April 2014 on the subject of "Protestant Ethics and the Modern Welfare State: Late Effects of the Reformation". [Die LegitimitĂ€t des Sozialstaates Religion â Gender â Neoliberalismus] Der Band interveniert in die gegenwĂ€rtigen Debatten um Geltung und Genese des Sozialstaates. Es geht zunĂ€chst darum, die Verbindungslinien zwischen den groĂen religiösen Transformationen im Europa des 16. Jahrhunderts (Reformation) und der Herausbildung moderner Sozialstaaten, zu analysieren. Es zeigt sich: Religion matters. Sodann konzentriert sich der Band auf Gegenwart und Zukunft: Wie steht es um den Sozialstaat heute? Aus globaler Perspektive gesehen erscheint er durchaus nicht als der selbstverstĂ€ndliche Weg in die Moderne. Manche der klassischen Sozialstaaten, wie beispielsweise GroĂbritannien, scheinen diesen Entwicklungspfad bereits zu verlassen. Zudem wandelt sich der Sozialstaat und reagiert auf verĂ€nderte BedĂŒrfnislagen, insbesondere was Prozesse der Individualisierung und der VerĂ€nderung von Gender-Strukturen betrifft, bleibt aber doch seinen durchaus moralischen BegrĂŒndungen verpflichtet. Dieser Band versammelt BeitrĂ€ge einer Tagung in Berlin zum Thema "Protestantische Ethik und moderner Sozialstaat: Fernwirkungen der Reformation" im April 2014
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Impressum
- Contents
- Introduction