welfare

Section: Political books

Number of pages: 246 pages

The book, composed of seven main chapters, links theory with practice. By tracing the background of the concept in economics, political science and social policy, it juxtaposes welfare with more recent approaches, such as subjective good, capabilities, welfare, social exclusion and social capital, and elaborates on the links between welfare and different political ideas. The welfare state, as it has developed historically in Europe and as it has changed in different countries, has an important place in the analysis.