| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages). |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics
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Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politics.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Religion and the western welfare state : the theoretical context / Philip Manow and Kees van Kersbergen -- Western European party systems and the religious cleavage / Thomas Ertman -- Religious foundations of work-family policies in western Europe / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Italy : a Christian democratic or clientelist welfare state? / Julia Lynch -- Religion and the welfare state in the Netherlands / Kees van Kersbergen -- A conservative welfare state regime without Christian democracy? The French État-Providence, 1880-1960 / Philip Manow and Bruno Palier -- Religion and the consolidation of the Swiss welfare state, 1848-1945 / Herbert Obinger -- Church as nation? The role of religion in the development of the Swedish welfare state / Karen M. Anderson -- Religious factor in U.S. welfare state politics / Jill Quadagno and Deana Rohlinger -- Religious doctrines and poor relief : a different causal pathway / Sigrun Kahl. |
| Summary |
This title radically revises established knowledge in comparative welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how religion shaped modern social protection systems. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Public welfare -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
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Welfare state.
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Welfare state. |
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Social classes.
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Social classes. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Kersbergen, Kees van, 1958-
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Manow, Philip.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Religion, class coalitions, and welfare states. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 9780521897914 (DLC) 2008043038 (OCoLC)268793389 |
| ISBN |
9780511650673 (electronic book) |
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0511650671 (electronic book) |
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9780511626784 (electronic book) |
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0511626789 (electronic book) |
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9780521897914 (hardback) |
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0521897912 (hardback) |
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9780521723954 (paperback) |
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0521723957 (paperback) |
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