Probable Justice : Risk, Insurance, and the Welfare State /

Decades into its existence as a foundational aspect of modern political and economic life, the welfare state has become a political cudgel, used to assign blame for ballooning national debt and tout the need for personal responsibility. At the same time, it affects nearly every citizen and permeates...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Friedman, Rachel Z. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, [2020]
Temas:
Probabilities.
Risk > United States.
Social security > History.
Social security > United States.
Welfare state > History.
Welfare state > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE / General.
distributive justice.
probability.
social insurance.
welfare state.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • INTRODUCTION
  • ONE / The Origins of Risk and the Growth of Insurance
  • TWO / Probabilistic Justice and the Beginnings of Social Insurance
  • THREE / The Promise of Probability
  • FOUR / The Collectivization of Risk and the Early Welfare States
  • FIVE / The Egalitarian Welfare State and the Ambiguities of Insurance
  • CONCLUSION
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Index

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