Double Standard
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Double Standard

Social Policy in Europe and the United States

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eBook - ePub

Double Standard

Social Policy in Europe and the United States

About this book

In Double Standard, James W. Russell shows how and why different models of social and welfare policy developed in the United States and Europe. The fourth edition has been revised and updated throughout to reflect recent political developments that are having significant policy consequences, including the Brexit vote in the UK and the election of Donald Trump in the U.S. The fourth edition also features additional material on Karl Polanyi, European party politics, disability policy, and more.

Part One, "The Development of Social Policy," discusses the factors that contributed to the different shapes of social policy in the U.S. and Europe. Part Two, "Key Social Policies," considers how different counties have handled commons social problems including poverty, unemployment, child and family support, retirement and disability, health care, race and immigration, and incarceration. These different social policy orientations have produced disparate social ways of life—ways of life that are now in contention for the future of Western societies.

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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Note on the Fourth Edition
  3. Preface
  4. Introduction
  5. Part I: The Development of Social Policy
  6. Chapter 1: The Social Worldview of Medieval Christianity as Prologue
  7. Chapter 2: Secular Transitions and Assumptions
  8. Chapter 3: The Limits of Laissez-Faire Capitalism
  9. Chapter 4: From Theory to Ideology and Politics
  10. Chapter 5: Origins of Social Policy in Europe and the United States
  11. Chapter 6: Comparative Welfare States
  12. Part II: Key Social Policies
  13. Chapter 7: Inequality and Social Cohesion
  14. Chapter 8: Poverty
  15. Chapter 9: Unemployment: The Sword of Damocles
  16. Chapter 10: Support for Child Raising and Education
  17. Chapter 11: Retirement and Disability
  18. Chapter 12: Health Care
  19. Chapter 13: Race and Immigration
  20. Chapter 14: Incarceration as Social Policy
  21. Summary
  22. Notes
  23. Bibliography
  24. About the Author