The Moral Economy of Welfare States

Britain and Germany Compared
Published Auflage
ISBN: 978-0-415-31754-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 252 Seiten, Format (B × H): 163 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 503 g

Reihe: Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mau, Steffen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Sozialphilosophie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Gesundheitsökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

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