Social Justice in the 21st Century

Is the Welfare State Still a Meaningful Theoretical Construct for Modern Democracy

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2487779
AutoresVaidotas Valantiejus (0000-0002-8682-0629, Vilnius University of Applied Sciences, autor de correspondencia)
Año2023
Volumen52
Número1
Páginas30-42
Fecha de publicación2023-12-28
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaSociologija Mintis ir veiksmas (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1392-3358 • E-ISSN: 2335-8890
EditorialVilnius University Press (PUBLISHER • LT)
DOI10.15388/socmintvei.2023.1.4
OpenAlexW4394699496
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas13

The article examines the ideologem of the decline of the welfare state. The main question is whether the welfare state is still possible in contemporary society. It is argued that the thesis of the impossibility of the welfare state is an ideological statement, and the supposedly objective demise of the welfare state is what M. Foucault called 'the regime of truth'. The article contrasts the procedural and substantive features of the concept of the welfare state. According to J. Habermas' theory of legitimation crisis, the welfare state and the social rights it provides are not treated as paternalistic and freedom-restricting measures but rather as the foundation of legitimation

Democracy · Economic Justice · Economics · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social justice · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare state · Computer Science · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies