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oapen-20.500.12657-635442023-06-21T04:22:24Z Experiencing Society and the Lived Welfare State Haapala, Pertti Harjula, Minna Kokko, Heikki history of experience welfare statism social institutions just society bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBL History: earliest times to present day bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBT History: specific events & topics::HBTB Social & cultural history bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History::HBA History: theory & methods::HBAH Historiography This open access book presents a new approach to the history of welfare state. By applying the concepts of experiencing society and the lived welfare state, the collection introduces theoretical, methodological and empirical insights for bridging the everyday life and institutional structures. The chapters analyze how the welfare state as a particular individual-society relationship has become an integral part of living in the modern society. With a long-term perspective, the chapters explore the experience of society which enabled the building and the resilience of a welfare state. As the welfare state is not a universal model of social development but historically unique in different contexts, the book broadens the focus from the Nordic countries to Southern Europe, colonial Asia and post-colonial South America. This collection is essential reading for scholars and students in the social sciences and history, as well as for policymakers and practitioners who face the contemporary and future challenges of the welfare states. 2023-06-20T10:23:29Z 2023-06-20T10:23:29Z 2023 book ONIX_20230620_9783031216633_8 9783031216633 9783031216626 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/63544 eng Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience application/pdf n/a 978-3-031-21663-3.pdf https://link.springer.com/978-3-031-21663-3 Springer Nature Palgrave Macmillan 10.1007/978-3-031-21663-3 10.1007/978-3-031-21663-3 6c6992af-b843-4f46-859c-f6e9998e40d5 1ed5aa6f-027a-4bb6-80ec-ca7f286d3ca1 9783031216633 9783031216626 Palgrave Macmillan 379 Cham [...] open access
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This open access book presents a new approach to the history of welfare state. By applying the concepts of experiencing society and the lived welfare state, the collection introduces theoretical, methodological and empirical insights for bridging the everyday life and institutional structures. The chapters analyze how the welfare state as a particular individual-society relationship has become an integral part of living in the modern society. With a long-term perspective, the chapters explore the experience of society which enabled the building and the resilience of a welfare state. As the welfare state is not a universal model of social development but historically unique in different contexts, the book broadens the focus from the Nordic countries to Southern Europe, colonial Asia and post-colonial South America. This collection is essential reading for scholars and students in the social sciences and history, as well as for policymakers and practitioners who face the contemporary and future challenges of the welfare states.
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