The Work of Politics: Making a Democratic Welfare State

ISBN-13: 9781108478625 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 250 str.

Steven (King's College London) Klein

Opis

The book is necessary reading for political theorists and scholars interested in democracy and the welfare state, providing a new analysis of the relationship between social movements, welfare institutions, and theories of democracy and domination. It is also of interest to scholars working on 19th and 20th century European political philosophy.

Recenzje

'… The Work of Politics should be required reading for anyone interested in welfare politics from either a practical or theoretical perspective.' Thimo Heisenberg, Political Science Quarterly

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. Domination and the welfare state: direct, structural, and abstract; 2. From calculation to domination: Max Weber on democracy and the welfare state; 3. From value to world: Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and the politics of world-making; 4. From world to emancipation: Jürgen Habermas, domination, and the welfare state revisited; Conclusion. Democratic theory and the future of the welfare state.