In this book, Daniel Shapiro argues that the dominant positions in
contemporary political philosophy - egalitarianism, positive rights
theory, communitarianism, and many forms of liberalism - should
converge in a rejection of central welfare state institutions. He
examines how major welfare institutions, such as government-financed
and -administered retirement pensions, national health insurance, and
programs for the needy, actually work. Comparing them to compulsory
private insurance and private charities, Shapiro argues that the
dominant perspectives in political philosophy mistakenly think that
their principles support the welfare state. Instead, egalitarians,
positive rights theorists, communitarians, and liberals have
misunderstood the implications of their own principles, which in fact
support more market-based or libertarian institutional conclusions
than they may realize. Shapiro's book is unique in its combination of
political philosophy with social science. Its focus is not limited to
any particular country; rather it examines welfare states in affluent
democracies and their market alternatives.
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ISBN
9780511292828
Publisert
2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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Digital bok
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