Ingo Bode, Professor of Social Policy, Organisation and Society, Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute of Social Work and Social Welfare, University of Kassel, Germany

‘This highly ambitious monograph is a must read. Viewed through the prism of Europe’s reconfigured welfare arrangements, it explores Western European countries’ current standing in relation to the Enlightenment-inspired vision of social modernity. Bode’s penetrating analysis of the forces (re)shaping contemporary welfare systems raises important questions about the future of welfare and, by extension, the future of the social modernist project itself.’

• Contents:Preface viiiIntroduction: the case for studying the fate of organised welfare provision in Europe 1PART I SOCIAL MODERNITY – A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH1 What is social modernity?2 Narrowing the focus: democratic capitalism and welfare state theory3 What is shaping (social) modernity – and how can we study it? PART II SOCIAL CHANGE ON THE BACKSTAGE: WESTERNEUROPE IN FLUX4 Towards a post-industrial configuration of democratic capitalism 5 Social stratification and the evolving status system in post-industrial times6 Transformations in politics and civil societyPART III EVOLVING DEVICES: REGULATORY FRAMEWORKSAND DIRECTIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INEUROPEAN WELFARE STATES7 Growing up: welfare for the youngest and empowering childhoods8 The life stage of gainful employment: decent work and work-relatedself-determination 9 Safe later life: social security for retirement and support for frail elderly citizens 10 Six lessons to learn: progress and setbacks, achievements and divisions PART IV THE ‘MAKERS’ OF WELFARE: ORGANISATIONALDYNAMICS ACROSS WELFARE SECTORS IN WESTERN EUROPE11 Evolving organisational landscapes of welfare provision throughout thehuman life course 12 Empowerment against all odds? Collective agency in child protection organisations 13 Making work decent (again)? The organisation of active inclusion efforts14 Offering independence to dependent people? The provision of personal carein later life 15 Six lessons to learn: contributions and limitations of 21st century ‘makers’of welfare PART V DIAGNOSTIC REALISM AND POSSIBLE FUTURES:A SYNOPTIC VIEW ON THE FATE OF SOCIAL MODERNITY16 Social modernity alive, in demand and feasible 17 Social modernity in trouble: arrangements dismantled, disorganised anddissociated 18 Options for the future Bibliography

Ingo Bode, Professor of Social Policy, Organisation and Society, Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute of Social Work and Social Welfare, University of Kassel, Germany

‘This highly ambitious monograph is a must read. Viewed through the prism of Europe’s reconfigured welfare arrangements, it explores Western European countries’ current standing in relation to the Enlightenment-inspired vision of social modernity. Bode’s penetrating analysis of the forces (re)shaping contemporary welfare systems raises important questions about the future of welfare and, by extension, the future of the social modernist project itself.’

• Contents:Preface viiiIntroduction: the case for studying the fate of organised welfare provision in Europe 1PART I SOCIAL MODERNITY – A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH1 What is social modernity?2 Narrowing the focus: democratic capitalism and welfare state theory3 What is shaping (social) modernity – and how can we study it? PART II SOCIAL CHANGE ON THE BACKSTAGE: WESTERNEUROPE IN FLUX4 Towards a post-industrial configuration of democratic capitalism 5 Social stratification and the evolving status system in post-industrial times6 Transformations in politics and civil societyPART III EVOLVING DEVICES: REGULATORY FRAMEWORKSAND DIRECTIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INEUROPEAN WELFARE STATES7 Growing up: welfare for the youngest and empowering childhoods8 The life stage of gainful employment: decent work and work-relatedself-determination 9 Safe later life: social security for retirement and support for frail elderly citizens 10 Six lessons to learn: progress and setbacks, achievements and divisions PART IV THE ‘MAKERS’ OF WELFARE: ORGANISATIONALDYNAMICS ACROSS WELFARE SECTORS IN WESTERN EUROPE11 Evolving organisational landscapes of welfare provision throughout thehuman life course 12 Empowerment against all odds? Collective agency in child protection organisations 13 Making work decent (again)? The organisation of active inclusion efforts14 Offering independence to dependent people? The provision of personal carein later life 15 Six lessons to learn: contributions and limitations of 21st century ‘makers’of welfare PART V DIAGNOSTIC REALISM AND POSSIBLE FUTURES:A SYNOPTIC VIEW ON THE FATE OF SOCIAL MODERNITY16 Social modernity alive, in demand and feasible 17 Social modernity in trouble: arrangements dismantled, disorganised anddissociated 18 Options for the future Bibliography

Ingo Bode, Professor of Social Policy, Organisation and Society, Faculty of Human Sciences, Institute of Social Work and Social Welfare, University of Kassel, Germany

‘This highly ambitious monograph is a must read. Viewed through the prism of Europe’s reconfigured welfare arrangements, it explores Western European countries’ current standing in relation to the Enlightenment-inspired vision of social modernity. Bode’s penetrating analysis of the forces (re)shaping contemporary welfare systems raises important questions about the future of welfare and, by extension, the future of the social modernist project itself.’

• Contents:Preface viiiIntroduction: the case for studying the fate of organised welfare provision in Europe 1PART I SOCIAL MODERNITY – A CONCEPTUAL APPROACH1 What is social modernity?2 Narrowing the focus: democratic capitalism and welfare state theory3 What is shaping (social) modernity – and how can we study it? PART II SOCIAL CHANGE ON THE BACKSTAGE: WESTERNEUROPE IN FLUX4 Towards a post-industrial configuration of democratic capitalism 5 Social stratification and the evolving status system in post-industrial times6 Transformations in politics and civil societyPART III EVOLVING DEVICES: REGULATORY FRAMEWORKSAND DIRECTIONS OF INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE INEUROPEAN WELFARE STATES7 Growing up: welfare for the youngest and empowering childhoods8 The life stage of gainful employment: decent work and work-relatedself-determination 9 Safe later life: social security for retirement and support for frail elderly citizens 10 Six lessons to learn: progress and setbacks, achievements and divisions PART IV THE ‘MAKERS’ OF WELFARE: ORGANISATIONALDYNAMICS ACROSS WELFARE SECTORS IN WESTERN EUROPE11 Evolving organisational landscapes of welfare provision throughout thehuman life course 12 Empowerment against all odds? Collective agency in child protection organisations 13 Making work decent (again)? The organisation of active inclusion efforts14 Offering independence to dependent people? The provision of personal carein later life 15 Six lessons to learn: contributions and limitations of 21st century ‘makers’of welfare PART V DIAGNOSTIC REALISM AND POSSIBLE FUTURES:A SYNOPTIC VIEW ON THE FATE OF SOCIAL MODERNITY16 Social modernity alive, in demand and feasible 17 Social modernity in trouble: arrangements dismantled, disorganised anddissociated 18 Options for the future Bibliography