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Religion, class coalitions, and welfare states / edited by Kees van Kersbergen, Philip Manow.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Cambridge studies in social theory, religion, and politicsPublication details: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 304 pages)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780511650673
  • 0511650671
  • 9780511626784
  • 0511626789
  • 0511532059
  • 9780511532054
  • 1107201950
  • 9781107201958
  • 0511532962
  • 9780511532962
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: Religion, class coalitions, and welfare states.DDC classification:
  • 261.8/32 22
LOC classification:
  • HV40 .R376 2009
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
  • C:oa
  • Cga
  • BL 6110
  • MC 3000
  • ME 3350
  • MG 11270
  • MG 11920
  • MS 4420
  • MS 6750
  • MS 6500
  • MS 1300
Online resources:
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 -- The 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 -- The church as nation? The role of religion in the development of the Swedish welfare state / Karen M. Anderson -- The 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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 -- The 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 -- The church as nation? The role of religion in the development of the Swedish welfare state / Karen M. Anderson -- The religious factor in U.S. welfare state politics / Jill Quadagno and Deana Rohlinger -- Religious doctrines and poor relief : a different causal pathway / Sigrun Kahl.

This title radically revises established knowledge in comparative welfare state studies and introduces a new perspective on how religion shaped modern social protection systems.

English.