Business interests and the development of the modern welfare state
In: Routledge studies in the political economy of the welfare state
This edited volume provides a synthesis on the question of business attitudes towards and its influence over the development of the modern welfare state. It gathers leading scholars in the field to offer both in-depth historical country case studies and comparative chapters that discuss contemporary developments.
Composed of six archive-based historical narratives of business' role in the development of social insurance programs in Germany, Finland, the Netherlands, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States, and six comparative case studies, this volume also extends the study of business to policy fields that have hitherto received little attention in the literature, such as active labor market policies, educational policies, employment protection legislation, healthcare, private pension programs and work‐family policies. It illuminates why business groups have responded so very differently to demands for increased social protection against different labor market risks in different countries and over time.
This text will be of key interest to students and scholars of comparative welfare, political science, sociology, social policy studies, comparative political economy and welfare history.
In: Routledge studies in the political economy of the welfare state
In: Routledge studies in the political economy of welfare
In: Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State Ser.
Cover -- Half Title -- Series Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- List of contributors -- Acknowledgements -- 1. Analyzing the role of business in welfare state development -- 1.1. Business interests and the development of the modern welfare state -- 1.2. Analyzing business welfare preferences -- 1.3. Disentangling business welfare preferences from business power -- 1.4. Looking ahead -- References -- PART I: Country Studies -- 2. Business interests and the development of the Bismarckian welfare state -- 2.1. Introduction -- 2.2. The social policy situation in Germany -- 2.3. The organization of business interests in Germany -- 2.4. Welfare state development in Germany since the 1880s -- 2.5. Employers and social policy during the post-war period -- 2.6. Employers and welfare retrenchment -- 2.7. Findings and discussion -- Notes -- References -- 3. Explaining employer support for welfare state development in the Netherlands -- 3.1. The social policy situation in the Netherlands -- 3.2. Business and the pre-war origins of the Dutch welfare state -- 3.3. Business and the expansion of the Dutch welfare state during the Golden Age -- 3.4. Business and the politics of welfare retrenchment -- 3.5. Findings and discussion -- Primary sources -- References -- 4. Business interests and the development of the public-private welfare mix in Switzerland, 1880-1990 -- 4.1. Business interest associations (BIAs) and their involvement in social provision -- 4.2. Uncertain beginnings? Business faces the "social question," 1890-1914 -- 4.3. The roots of the public-private welfare mix, 1914-1948 -- 4.4. Business and social security from growth to consolidation, 1948-1994 -- 4.5. Findings and discussion -- Primary sources -- Notes -- References -- Appendix: Figures and Tables.
business attitudes, development, modern welfare state, history
Englisch
Taylor & Francis
362
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