Social justice and the three worlds of welfare capitalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4180979 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Wolfgang Merkel (Heidelberg University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 59-91 |
| Publication date | 2002-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-9756 • E-ISSN: 1474-0583 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0003975602001029 |
| OpenAlex | W2121393252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
This essay relates the normative discussion about social justice in political philosophy to empirical results from social policy analysis, thus linking two lines of discussions that have hitherto run mostly separately. The argument will be developed by answering four questions. The normative question: what regulative ideas of social justice does the debate about justice in political philosophy supply? The action-theoretical question: what criteria for judgement and political preferences can be found for a justice-oriented politics? The empirical question: how can the 'three worlds of welfare capitalism' be judged in the light of these hierarchically ordered criteria of justice? And finally the institutional question: which logic should underpin a reform of the welfare state, if this reform is to be both socially just and at the same time realistically achievable
Argument (complex analysis) · Capitalism · Economic Justice · Economics · Judgement · Law and economics · Morality · Normative · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Welfare reform · Welfare state · Law · Political Philosophy and Ethics
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,32 |
| Citation span | 2007 - 2025 (19) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |