A01=Kees van Kersbergen
Author_Kees van Kersbergen
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Catholic social teaching
Catholic Sub-culture
Catholic Subculture
catholicism
christian
Christian Democracy
Christian Democratic Ideologies
Christian Democratic Movement
Christian Democratic Parties
Christian Democratic Politics
Christian Democratic Power
Christian Democratic Welfare State
Christian democratic welfare state comparison
comparative political systems
CSU
democracy
democratic
democrats
Distinctive Welfare State Regime
Dutch Welfare State
Enabling Act
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Es Si
European party systems
German Christian Democracy
Italian Christian Democracy
movements
OLS Regression
party
Political Entrenchment
postwar European politics
regimes
Social Democratic Labour Movement
Social Democratic Model
social policy analysis
Social Security Schemes
state
welfare
welfare regime typologies
Welfare State Development
Welfare State Regimes
West Germany
World War
Product details
- ISBN 9780415116701
- Weight: 476g
- Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
- Publication Date: 07 Sep 1995
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Christian democracy has been the most successful political movement in post-war Western Europe yet its crucial impact on the development of the modern European welfare state has been critically neglected. In this study Kees van Kersbergen demonstrates the precise nature of the links between Christian democracy and the welfare state. Using a variety of sources the author describes the origin and development of the Christian democratic movement and presents comparative accounts of the varying degrees of political entrenchment of national christian democratic parties. Drawing upon cross-national indicators of welfare state development he identifies and explains the existence of a distinctively Christian democratic (as opposed to a liberal or social democratic) welfare state regime which he labels `social capitalism'. This book compares the different national contexts under which christian democratic social theory has been turned into political action. Kees van Keersbergen shows how the different social policy performances of crucial cases, (Germany, Italy and the Netherlands) have been affected not just by prevalent power structures but also by the coalitional strategies and political abilities of christian democratic parties.
