scholarly journals Social Democracy, Christian Democracy, Constitutional Structure, and the Welfare State

1993 ◽  
Vol 99 (3) ◽  
pp. 711-749 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evelyne Huber ◽  
Charles Ragin ◽  
John D. Stephens
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
The Welfare State

21. The welfare state

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kees van Kersbergen ◽  
Philip Manow
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Welfare States ◽  
Christian Democracy ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Social Doctrine ◽  
Democratic State ◽  
Functionalist Approach ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Welfare State

This chapter examines the emergence, expansion, variation, and transformation of the welfare state. It first considers the meaning of the welfare state before discussing three perspectives that explain the emergence of the welfare state: functionalist approach, class mobilization approach, and a literature emphasizing the impact of state institutions and the relative autonomy of bureaucratic elites. It then describes the expansion of the welfare state, taking into account the impact of social democracy, neocorporatism and the international economy, risk redistribution, Christian democracy and Catholic social doctrine, and secular trends. It also explores variations among developed welfare states as well as the effects of the welfare state and concludes with an analysis of the challenges and dynamics of contemporary welfare states. The chapter shows that the welfare state is a democratic state that guarantees social protection as a right attached to citizenship.

The End of Social Democracy?

Politics ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 63-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Callaghan ◽  
Sean Tunney
Keyword(s):  
Welfare State ◽  
Social Democracy ◽  
Class Structure ◽  
Electoral Behaviour ◽  
Proper Consideration ◽  
The Welfare State

This article contests the idea that social democracy is dead. It is argued that a proper consideration of the evidence casts doubt on this widely held assumption. In this article, the evidence is examined in relation to post-Fordism, class structure and solidarity, electoral behaviour, post-materialism and the crisis of the welfare state across Europe.

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