Steven Klein (King's College London)

The Work of Politics

Making a Democratic Welfare State

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Produktbeschreibung

The book is necessary reading for political theorists and scholars interested in democracy and the welfare state, providing a new analysis of the relationship between social movements, welfare institutions, and theories of democracy and domination. It is also of interest to scholars working on 19th and 20th century European political philosophy.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 220
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 338g
• ISBN-13: 9781108745970
• ISBN-10: 1108745970
• Artikelnr.: 63264959

Autorenporträt

Steven Klein is a Lecturer in the Department of Political Economy at King's College London.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction
1. Domination and the welfare state: direct, structural, and abstract
2. From calculation to domination: Max Weber on democracy and the welfare state
3. From value to world: Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, and the politics of world-making
4. From world to emancipation: Jürgen Habermas, domination, and the welfare state revisited
Conclusion. Democratic theory and the future of the welfare state.