The Welfare State and the Democratic Citizen How Social Policies Shape Political Equality /

This book examines the ways in which the welfare state impacts levels and distributions of political participation and democratic support in Western democracies. Going beyond the traditional contextual accounts of political behavior, which primarily focus on political institutions or the socio-econo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Shore, Jennifer (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: e-Book
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2019.
Edition:1st ed. 2019.
Series:Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology,
Subjects:
Welfare state.
Political sociology.
Political planning.
Social structure.
Equality.
Welfare.
Political Sociology.
Public Policy.
Social Structure.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Democracies and Their Citizens
  • 3. Why Context Matters: The Role of Public Policy
  • 4. Empirical Approaches to the Study of Democratic Citizens and Welfare States
  • 5. The Impact of Social Policy on Democratic Citizenship
  • 6. Consequences of Unequal Citizenship .

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