1st Edition
Social Capitalism A Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State
By Kees van Kersbergen
Copyright 1995
304 Pages
by
Routledge
302 Pages
by
Routledge
304 Pages
by
Routledge
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Christian democracy has been the most successful political movement in post-war Western Europe yet its crucial impact on the development of the modern European welfare state has been critically neglected. In this study Kees van Kersbergen demonstrates the precise nature of the links between Christian democracy and the welfare state. Using a variety of sources the author describes the origin and... Read more
1 Introduction 2 The welfare state and Christian democracy: An Introduction 3 The political entrenchment of Christian democracy in Western Europe, 1870–1960 4 Christian democracy in Germany, Italy and the Netherlands: A closer comparison 5 Welfare state regimes and social spending 6 The quality of welfare state regimes 7 The structure of welfare state regimes 8 Social capitalism and Christian democracy 9 Catholicism and social citizenship: From charity to social justice? 10 The intellectual origins of Christian democracy and social capitalism 11 Conclusion
Biography
Kees van Kersbergen
