This book examines the relationship of belonging and social policy in a historical-comparative perspective reconstructing individual arguments in favour of or opposed to the expansion of solidarities.
Stefanie Börner is Research Associate at the Free University of Berlin, Germany.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Introduction PART I: SOCIAL SOLIDARITY AND THE WELFARE STATE 2. Towards a New Historical Sociology? 3. Solidarity and Social Policy PART II: BENEFIT SOCIETIES AND THE WELFARE STATE 4. Social Security Beneath the Nation State 5. Collectively Against the State 6. Debating the Expansion of Solidarity 7 .Coping with Change PART III: SOCIAL SOLIDARITY BETWEEN EUROPE AND THE NATION STATE 8. Beyond the National: The Construction of Social Solidarity in the European Union 9. Conclusion