Theories of the Welfare State

Joel Blau

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Theories of the Welfare State

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Mar 1989 English Publisher:University of Chicago PressJournal:Social Service Review, volume 63, pages 26-38 (issn: 0037-7961, eissn: 1537-5404,

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Authors: Joel Blau;

doi: 10.1086/603676

Theories of the Welfare State

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This article reviews the major modern theories of the welfare state. Beginning with the predominantly liberal ideological consensus of the 1960s, it shows how that consensus fragmented into theories of the right, center, and left. The strengths and weaknesses of each of these perspectives are analyzed. The article concludes with a discussion of the concept of rights as the most promising direction for the future development of theories about the welfare state.

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