Citizenship and Social Policy

This book highlights the parallel transformations of the concepts of citizenship and the welfare state, and their dependence on the dominant political ideology, from the post-war period to the present. Kourachanis presents the welfare state as an integral part of the capitalist state and consequently, suggests that any structural changes to the capitalist state will have major impacts on the texture and content of the restructuring of the welfare state.

The research compares different formulations of citizenship and the welfare state, reflecting on social citizenship and the post-war (or Keynesian) welfare state, as well as welfare provision under neoliberalism. The research will be vital reading for academics, researchers and students of social and public policy, political and humanitarian studies, as well as policy makers and members of labour unions and activists.

Provides a synthetic interpretation of the parallel transformation of citizenship and the welfare state Contributes to the literature on the dimension of citizens' social rights and the social reforms that take place in different historical phases of capitalism Develops a typology that codifies the major transformations that have taken place in the two concepts since the postwar period

Autorentext

Nikos Kourachanis is Assistant Professor in Faculty of Social Policy, Panteion University of Social and Political Sciences, Athens, Greece.

Inhalt

1. Introduction.- 2. Citizenship and Social Policy: Conceptual Connections.- 3. Social Citizenship and the Keynesian Welfare State.- 4. Active Citizenship and the Active Welfare State.- 5. Responsible Citizenship and the Residualised Welfare State.- 6. Conclusion.