Cultural Foundations of the Welfare State and Welfare State Reform
Research question/goal:
This project deals with the cultural explanation of socio-political developments. In spite of their obvious fruitfulness, cultural approaches are always suspected to be tautological. Therefore, it has to be explicated how this peril can be minimised. The fruitfulness of a thus controlled cultural explanation will be demonstrated for three areas of social policy research (the acceptance or popular support of welfare institutions, attitudes to inequality and distribution, and the phenomenon of welferisation). The study will be based on a reexamination of international literature and on secondary analyses (esp. of ALLBUS- and ISSP-data).
Current stage:
Fact sheet expand
Funding:
Universität Mannheim
Duration:
to
Status:
completed
Data Sources:
Secondary Analyses
Geographic Space:
(Western) World
Publications expand
Book Chapter
(2004):
Expandierende Märkte, schrumpfende Solidarität? Anmerkungen zu einer aktuellen Debatte.
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Journal Article
Berger, Johannes
(2004):
"Über den Ursprung der Ungleichheit unter den Menschen". Zur Vergangenheit und Gegenwart einer soziologischen Schlüsselfrage.
Zeitschrift für Soziologie,
33,
pp. 354-374.
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Ullrich, Carsten G.
(2002):
Sozialpolitische Verteilungskonflikte und ihre Wahrnehmung durch wohlfahrtsstaatliche Adressaten. Das Beispiel der Gesetzlichen Krankenversicherung.
Arbeit und Sozialpolitik,
56,
pp. 16-21.
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Ullrich, Carsten G.
(2002):
Reciprocity, justice and statutory health insurance in Germany.
Journal of European Social Policy,
12,
pp. 123-136.
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Presentation
MZES Working Paper
Ullrich, Carsten G.
(2003):
Wohlfahrtsstaat und Wohlfahrtskultur. Zu den Perspektiven kultur- und wissenssoziologischer Sozialpolitikforschung.
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