TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rothstein, Bo.
TI  - Just institutions matter: the moral and political logic of the universal welfare state
SN  - 9780521598934
U1  - 361.65ROT 
PY  - 1998///
CY  - New York
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Welfare state
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-248) and index
N2  - In this book Bo Rothstein seeks to defend the universal welfare state against a number of important criticisms that it has faced in recent years. Issues discussed include the relationship between welfare state and civil society, the privatization of social services, and changing values within society. He explains the great variation among contemporary welfare states in terms of differing moral and political logics that have been set in motion by the deliberate choices of political institutions. The book is an important contribution both to philosophical and political debates about the future of the welfare state
ER  -