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Bryan Fanning traces the development of European welfare states in this accessible analysis of social change from the Industrial Revolution onwards. The book explores evolutions through the lens of three traditions, social democracy, Christian democracy and liberalism, with insights into the people and beliefs that influenced each.

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1. Three roads 2. The invention of laissez faire 3. Utopian socialism 4. Reform liberalism and technocracy 5. Catholic social thought versus modernity 6. The case for social democracy 7. Social engineering versus democracy 8. The rise of neoliberalism 9. European Christian democracy 10. Legacies

Three Roads to the Welfare State

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 03/09/2021
      ISBN13: 9781447360322, 978-1447360322
      ISBN10: 144736032X
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      Book Synopsis
      Bryan Fanning traces the development of European welfare states in this accessible analysis of social change from the Industrial Revolution onwards. The book explores evolutions through the lens of three traditions, social democracy, Christian democracy and liberalism, with insights into the people and beliefs that influenced each.

      Table of Contents
      1. Three roads 2. The invention of laissez faire 3. Utopian socialism 4. Reform liberalism and technocracy 5. Catholic social thought versus modernity 6. The case for social democracy 7. Social engineering versus democracy 8. The rise of neoliberalism 9. European Christian democracy 10. Legacies

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