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The Welfare State and Liberal Democracy - a Political Economy Approach
Körperschaftlicher Herausgeber
Universität Hamburg, Fak. Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften, FB Sozialökonomie, Zentrum für Ökonomische und Soziologische Studien (ZÖSS)
Abstract This paper attempts to shed some light on the developments of welfare states in highly developed nations since WW2 within the context of a narrative which seeks to combine institutional distinctions, termed 'varieties of capitalism', with the historical regimes of regulation theory in a political ec... mehr
This paper attempts to shed some light on the developments of welfare states in highly developed nations since WW2 within the context of a narrative which seeks to combine institutional distinctions, termed 'varieties of capitalism', with the historical regimes of regulation theory in a political economy perspective which puts interested political actors at centre stage. It will be argued that in a liberal democracy, the elite has the framing and agenda-setting power to 'manufacture a political will' according to its interests. The welfare state is not the result of a long social struggle on the part of the needy; rather, it results in its general features from the minimal state of meritocratic exigencies. Under the very peculiar circumstances of the post-WW 2 era, this even translated into a rise in social welfare spending to more than a third of national income. The particular design of welfare state organisation was the subject-matter of political conflict, and a clear distinction between liberal and coordinated market economies can be attributed to cultural differences and institutional settings. Yet the core of the welfare state conception serves the interest of the meritocracy as much as those who benefit from social programmes and re-distribution. And the neoliberal attack on the welfare state since the 1980s is not a necessary re-calibration due to changing economic conditions or a growing lack of solidarity among the people but an expression of a modified cost-benefit analysis from the elite’s perspective.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Wohlfahrtsstaat; Keynesianismus; Keynes, J.; Schumpeter, J.; Elite; Demokratie; Liberalismus; politische Ökonomie; agenda setting function; politische Willensbildung; Sozialstaat
Klassifikation
Allgemeine Soziologie, Makrosoziologie, spezielle Theorien und Schulen, Entwicklung und Geschichte der Soziologie
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
Keynesian National Welfare State; Schumpeterian Competition State; Agenda Theory
Sprache Dokument
Deutsch
Publikationsjahr
2018
Erscheinungsort
Hamburg
Seitenangabe
25 S.
Schriftenreihe
ZÖSS Discussion Paper, 71
ISSN
1868-4947
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung