Restructuring the Welfare State: Theory and Reform of Social Policy (Ethical Economy)

The welfare state has been developed first and in its largest extent in North-Western Europe, in Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden. It is also in these countries where the crisis and financial problems of the welfare state are felt first. The need for restructuring the welfare state is a challenge of a supra-national, European and international scale. The book analyses the different welfare states in Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, and Sweden with outlooks to Eastern Europe and Japan and examines the proposals for reforming and restructuring the welfare state in Europe. The book offers a unique combination of empirical and philosophical-ethical analysis of the welfare state. Front Matter....Pages I-VIII Restructuring the Welfare State....Pages 1-5 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Is the British Welfare System Sustainable?....Pages 9-20 Is the Welfare System of the Netherlands Sustainable?....Pages 21-37 Is the German Welfare State Sustainable?....Pages 38-61 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 The Principle of Subsidiarity and the Transition of the Welfare States in Central and Eastern Europe....Pages 65-82 The Social Security System in Japan....Pages 83-91 Front Matter....Pages 93-93 State and Citizenship in the Age of Globalisation....Pages 95-118 Origins of the 《Social State》 in German Philosophy and 《Staatswissenschaft》....Pages 119-142 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 Do Welfare Obligations End at the Boundaries of the Nation State?....Pages 145-163 Meeting Needs Versus Respecting Autonomy — Dilemmas of the Welfare State....Pages 164-181 Forward to the Nineteenth Century: Has Growing Old Gracefully Become a Luxury?....Pages 182-202 The Unpaid Work of Mothers and Housewives in the Different Types of Welfare States....Pages 203-221 Social Rights in a Gender Perspective....Pages 222-237 Does the Welfare State Destroy the Family?....Pages 238-274 Front Matter....Pages 275-275 The Justification of Welfare Rights....Pages 277-288 Risk, Justice and Social Policies....Pages 289-321 Sweden: Towards a 21st Century Post-Modern People’s Home?....Pages 322-336 The Social State in the Post-Modern....Pages 337-379 Front Matter....Pages 381-381 On the Moral Foundations of the Welfare State Three Research Programmes....Pages 383-392 Back Matter....Pages 393-402 The volume at hand contains the proceedings of the conference "Restructuring the Welfare State: Ethical Issues of Social Policy in an International Perspective" held with the support of the Stiftung Forschungsinstitut fur Philosophie Hannover at the Forschungsinstitut fiir Philosophie Hannover in Hanover, Germany, on September 8-10, 1995. Several of the papers in the volume have been read at the Fourth International Conference on Ethics in the Public Service at Stockholm, Sweden, on June 15-18, 1994, organised by Hans De Geer and Gunilla Silfverberg at the Swedish FA Institute. The editors wish to thank the organisers, participants and speakers of the Stockholm and Hanover conferences. They are also grateful to Anna Maria Hauk for the smooth handling of the Hanover conference, to Guttorm Aanes and Simen Brrein for their assistance in preparing the manuscript, and to Peggy Simcic Brl/lnn for the valuable and professional management of the manuscript. Oslo and Hanover, October 1996 Andreas Fl/lllesdal Peter Koslowski Table ofContents Preface v Restructuring the Welfare State: Introduction PETER KOSLOWSKI ..." ..." ..." ..." ..." ..." ." ..." ... 1 Part I. The Welfare State Under Siege in Western Europe 1. Is the British Welfare System Sustainable? FRANCES CAIRNCROSS 9 2. Is the Welfare System of the Netherlands Sustainable? KEES SCHUYT 21 3. Is the German Welfare State Sustainable? DIETHER DORING 38 Part II