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.
Recenzijas
"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
Foreword vii Acknowledgments xi Introduction 3(10) Socializing the Welfare State 13(14) Michael Walzer The Moral Basis of the Democratic Welfare State 27(26) J. Donald Moon Is There (or Should There Be) a Right to Work? 53(26) Jon Elster Capitalism, ``Property-Owning Democracy, and the Welfare State 79(28) Richard Krouse Michael McPherson Distributing Public Education in a Democracy 107(24) Amy Gutmann Representatives in the Welfare State 131(26) Dennis F. Thompson Race, Class, Power, and the American Welfare State 157(28) Jennifer L. Hochschild Democracy and the New Deal Party System 185(22) Stanley Kelley Jr. Immigration and the Welfare State 207(24) Joseph H. Carens The Patriarchal Welfare State 231(30) Carole Pateman Citizenship and Welfare 261(18) Robert K. Fullinwider Notes on Contributors 279(2) Index 281
