The early Cold War and the Western welfare state

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6155728
AutoresKlaus Petersen (0000-0003-0261-2118, University of Southern Denmark, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen29
Número3
Páginas226-240
Fecha de publicación2013-10-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of International and Comparative Social Policy (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 2169-9763 • E-ISSN: 2169-978X
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1080/21699763.2013.855129
OpenAlexW2070600131
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas67

This paper analyses possible links between the early Cold War and the Western welfare state. These have so far attracted far too little interest among both welfare state and Cold War scholars. The paper argues that the nature of the relationship between the Cold War and the welfare state is too complex to be formulated into a general theory and proposes a research strategy focussing on different mechanisms of interactions. It identifies and discusses four such mechanisms: The possible trade-offs between military and social expenses, the use of the Cold War in political and ideological debates on social reforms, social reforms as an anti-communist strategy, and finally how the Cold War influenced transnational social policy learning

Cold war · Communism · Ideology · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Social Welfare · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · International Labor and Employment Law · Law · Political and Economic history of UK and US · Social Policy and Reform Studies