Ebook: Social Capitalism: a Study of Christian Democracy and the Welfare State

Book Cover -- Half-Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The welfare state and Christian democracy -- THEORIES, METHODS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS -- THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF WELFARE STATES: TWO DECADES OF RESEARCH -- Functional accounts -- Social democracy as a model of the welfare state -- Challenges to the social democratic thesis -- Current developments -- THE PROBLEM OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND THE WELFARE STATE -- A commentary on current comparative welfare state studies -- Towards a theory of Christian democracy.;First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.