Democracy and the Welfare State by Amy Gutmann

Democracy and the Welfare State by Amy Gutmann

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.

"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."--Economics and Philosophy

Amy Gutmann Amy Gutmann is President-elect of the University of Pennsylvania. Her many books include Democratic Education(Princeton); Why Deliberative Democracy? (forthcoming, Princeton) and Democracy and Disagreement (Harvard), both with Dennis Thompson; and Color Conscious (Princeton, with K. Anthony Appiah).

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ISBN 13	9780691022758
ISBN 10	0691022755
Titel	Democracy and the Welfare State
Autor	Amy Gutmann
Serie	Studies From The Project On The Federal Social Role
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Bindungsart	Paperback
Verlag	Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsjahr	1988-05-21
Seitenanzahl	304
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