Conservatism and Tradition in Danish Social Welfare Legislation, 1890-1933
A Comparative View
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2107134 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deborah Levine (0000-0001-8364-0430, Bowdoin College, corresponding author), Daniel Levine (0000-0002-7049-3846) |
| Year | 1978 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 54-69 |
| Publication date | 1978-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Studies in Society and History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0010-4175 • E-ISSN: 1475-2999 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0010417500008823 |
| OpenAlex | W2110382670 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 11 |
Before Denmark finally achieved parliamentary democracy in 1901, it was already well on the way to becoming a thorough-going welfare state and was, until about the Second World War, a leader in developing the institutions and ideology of welfare capitalism. The contrast with the United States, where democratic political institutions are much older, but where welfare institutions have developed more slowly and in very different form, is striking. The two countries, of course, vary enormously in size and circumstances, but as with any industrializing nation, they have some things in common: cities, an urban poor, an organized demand for the passage of social welfare legislation. A comparative view may reveal aspects of each country in sharper perspective than an examination of either in isolation. The question is: How is it that welfare institutions were so much more intellectually available in Denmark than in the United States? The conclusion is that institutions of modern welfare capitalism in Denmark were designed to resemble as much as possible traditional pre-democratic-and pre-socialist-Danish institutions, and that the institutions were successful precisely because they did not require any break with historical continuity and fit so well into long-familiar traditions and habits of thought
Capitalism · Conservatism · Danish · Democracy · Ideology · Legislation · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare capitalism · Welfare state · European and International Law Studies · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Weber, Simmel, Sociological Theory
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| Citations per year | 0.39 |
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| Citation span | 2008 - 2022 (15) |
| Highly cited | No |