Thinking about Social Policy: The German Tradition

by Franz-Xaver Kaufmann

Book Overview

The book traces the political history of the concept of social policy. "Social policy" originated in Germany in the mid 19th century as a scholarly term that made a career in politics. The term became more prominent only after World War II. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy in Germany, argues that "social policy" responds to the modern disjunction between "state" and "society" diagnosed by the German philosopher Hegel. Hegel's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642433421
• ISBN13: 9783642433429
• Release Date: December 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 9.2"