Moral Economy of Welfare States - Britain and Germany Compared

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society.

List of contents

Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Self-interest and pocket-book attitudes; Chapter 3 The admixture of motives; Chapter 4 An analytical framework; Chapter 5 The state of welfare; Chapter 6 The logic of popular support for welfare schemes and their objectives; Chapter 7 The moral economy revisited;

About the author

Junior professor in the Graduate School of Social Sciences (GSSS), University of Bremen, Germany.

Summary

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society.

Product details

• Authors: Steffen Mau
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.04.2014
• EAN: 9780415758598
• ISBN: 978-0-415-75859-8
• No. of pages: 238
• Series: Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Sociology, POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy, Politics & government, Social issues & processes, Political Economy, Politics and government, Social and ethical issues