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

Book Cover......Page 1
Half-Title......Page 2
Title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Tables......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 8
Abbreviations......Page 11
1 Introduction......Page 13
2 The welfare state and Christian democracy......Page 18
THEORIES, METHODS AND RECENT DEVELOPMENTS......Page 19
Functional accounts......Page 22
Social democracy as a model of the welfare state......Page 24
Challenges to the social democratic thesis......Page 28
Current developments......Page 32
A commentary on current comparative welfare state studies......Page 35
Towards a theory of Christian democracy......Page 39
CONCLUSION......Page 41
‘Closed Catholicism’ and political unity......Page 43
Austria......Page 45
Belgium......Page 46
France......Page 48
Germany......Page 50
Italy......Page 52
The Netherlands......Page 55
Conclusion......Page 58
TOWARDS POLITICAL DOMINANCE: CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY, 1945–1960......Page 60
CONCLUSION: JUSTIFYING A CLOSER COMPARISON OF GERMANY, ITALY AND THE NETHERLANDS......Page 68
CONDITIONS OF POWER: CONSTRAINTS AND OPPORTUNITIES......Page 75
NEW POLITICAL ENTRENCHMENTS AND THE CONSTITUTION OF SOCIETIES......Page 86
CONCLUSION......Page 106
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS I: SOCIAL SECURITY SPENDING......Page 110
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS II: PENSIONS......Page 116
GERMANY: A CASE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL POLICY......Page 124
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS I: QUALITATIVE INDICATORS OF WELFARE STATE REGIMES......Page 138
THE NETHERLANDS: A CASE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL POLICY......Page 141
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS II: FAMILY AND TRANSFER-BIAS IN WELFARE STATE REGIMES AND LABOUR MARKET PARTICIPATION......Page 149
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS I: ORGANISATION, FINANCING AND FRAGMENTATION OF WELFARE REGIMES......Page 161
ITALY: A CASE STUDY OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL POLICY......Page 166
CROSS-NATIONAL COMPARISONS II: WELFARE STATES AND THE FAMILY......Page 180
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES: FINDINGS......Page 187
SOCIAL CAPITALISM AND THE CHRISTIAN DEMOCRATIC PROJECT: AN EXPLANATION......Page 190
PROPOSITIONS ON SOCIAL CAPITALISM: AN IDEAL-TYPE......Page 199
9 Catholicism and social citizenship......Page 205
ON THE SPIRIT OF SOCIAL CAPITALISM......Page 209
CONCLUSION......Page 216
THE ACCEPTANCE OF DEMOCRACY AND THE INTEGRATION OF THE WORKING CLASS......Page 218
TRADITIONALISM......Page 221
ROMANTICISM......Page 224
RELIGIOUS CONSERVATISM......Page 226
SOCIAL CATHOLICISM......Page 229
PAPAL DOCUMENTS......Page 232
CONCLUSION......Page 241
11 Conclusion......Page 242
THE DECOMPOSITION OF CHRISTIAN DEMOCRACY AND SOCIAL CAPITALISM?......Page 248
A SOURCES AND SUMMARY STATISTICS OF THE VARIABLES USED IN THE REGRESSION EQUATIONS (CHAPTERS 5–7)......Page 261
B A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF ECONOMETRIC TESTS (SEE IAS 1990)......Page 267
Notes......Page 269
References......Page 275
Index......Page 298