Regulating the Social : the Welfare State and Local Politics in Imperial Germany.

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Why does the welfare state develop so unevenly across countries, regions, and localities? What accounts for the exclusions and disciplinary features of social programs? How are elite and popular conceptions of social reality related to welfare policies? George Steinmetz approaches these and other is...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Steinmetz, George
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2001.
Temas:
1800-1918
Public welfare > Germany > History > 19th century.
Aide sociale > Allemagne > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Politics and government
Public welfare
Social conditions
Social policy
Germany > Politics and government > 1871-1918.
Germany > Social conditions > 1871-1918.
Germany > Social policy.
Allemagne > Politique et gouvernement > 1871-1918.
Allemagne > Conditions sociales > 1871-1918.
Germany
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Why does the welfare state develop so unevenly across countries, regions, and localities? What accounts for the exclusions and disciplinary features of social programs? How are elite and popular conceptions of social reality related to welfare policies? George Steinmetz approaches these and other issues by exploring the complex origins and development of local and national social policies in nineteenth-century Germany. Generally regarded as the birthplace of the modern welfare state, Germany experimented with a wide variety of social programs before 1914, including the national social insuranc.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (393 pages)
ISBN:9781400820962
1400820960

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