Democracy and the Welfare State

Published by Princeton University Press 1998

Democracy and the Welfare State

Edited by: Amy Gutmann

Volume 1 in the series Studies from the Project on the Federal Social Role

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780691217956

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The essays in this volume explore the moral foundations and the political prospects of the welfare state in the United States. Among the questions addressed are the following: Has public support for the welfare state faded? Can a democratic state provide welfare without producing dependency on welfare? Is a capitalist (or socialist) economy consistent with the preservation of equal liberty and equal opportunity for all citizens? Why and in what ways does the welfare state discriminate against women? Can we justify limiting immigration for the sake of safeguarding the welfare of Americans? How can elementary and secondary education be distributed consistently with democratic values? The volume confronts powerful criticisms that have been leveled against the welfare state by conservatives, liberals, and radicals and suggests reforms in welfare state programs that might meet these criticisms.

The contributors are Joseph H. Carens, Jon Elster, Robert K. Fullinwider, Amy Gutmann, Jennifer L. Hochschild, Stanley Kelley, Jr., Richard Krouse, Michael McPherson, J. Donald Moon, Carole Pateman, Dennis Thompson, and Michael Walzer.

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"The welfare state is on the ideological defensive, especially in the United States and the United Kingdom. . . [This] volume is stimulating and informative and should be of interest to normative theorists and social scientists in general."

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
CONTENTS Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Foreword Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Acknowledgments Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	3
1. Socializing the Welfare State Michael Walzer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
2. The Moral Basis of the Democratic Welfare State J. Moon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	27
3. Is There (or Should There Be) a Right to Work? Jon Elster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
4. Capitalism, "Property-Owning Democracy," and the Welfare State Richard Krouse and Michael Mcpherson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	79
5. Distributing Public Education in a Democracy Amy Gutmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	107
6. Representatives in the Welfare State Dennis Thompson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	131
7. Race, Class, Power, and the American Welfare State Jennifer Hochschild Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	157
8. Democracy and the New Deal Party System Stanley Kelley Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	185
9. Immigration and the Welfare State Joseph Carens Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
10. The Patriarchal Welfare State Carole Pateman Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	231
11. Citizenship and Welfare Robert Fullinwider Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	261
Notes on Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	279
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281