The Work of Politics
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The Work of Politics

Making a Democratic Welfare State

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The Work of Politics

Making a Democratic Welfare State

About this book

The Work of Politics advances a new understanding of how democratic social movements work with welfare institutions to challenge structures of domination. Klein develops a novel theory that depicts welfare institutions as "worldly mediators, " or sites of democratic world-making fostering political empowerment and participation within the context of capitalist economic forces. Drawing on the writings of Weber, Arendt, and Habermas, and historical episodes that range from the workers' movement in Bismarck's Germany to post-war Swedish feminism, this book challenges us to rethink the distribution of power in society, as well as the fundamental concerns of democratic theory. Ranging across political theory and intellectual history, The Work of Politicsprovides a vital contribution to contemporary thinking about the future of the welfare state.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half-title
  3. Title page
  4. Copyright information
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Tables
  8. Preface
  9. Acknowledgments
  10. Introduction
  11. 1 Domination and the Welfare State: Direct, Structural, and Abstract
  12. 2 From Calculation to Domination: Max Weber on Democracy and the Welfare State
  13. 3 From Value to World: Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and the Politics of World-Making
  14. 4 From World to Emancipation: Jürgen Habermas, Domination, and the Welfare State Revisited
  15. Conclusion: Democratic Theory and the Future of the Welfare State
  16. Bibliography
  17. Index
  18. Blank Page