Overview
- Offers a constructivist approach to the process of creating target publics for welfare policies
- Examines the transformation of the welfare state in different national contexts
- Provides a multilevel analysis of policy making: from the public debates to the welfare recipients
Part of the book series: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning (LARI, volume 17)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Legitimizing Categories in Public Debates
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Sketching the Outlines of Target Groups
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The Daily Bureaucratic Adjustment of Targeting
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About this book
This volume analyzes welfare policies by looking at the making of their target publics. It examines how these populations are identified and constructed by policy making. The contributors apply the classic theoretical question about who gets what, when, and how, but also suggest the revisiting of policy-feedback analysis.
Coverage includes empirical case studies in different geographical areas. It looks at Europe, the United States and also considers Mayotte, set in a post-colonial context. The chapters also examine different aspects of welfare, including the bureaucratic treatment of marginalized populations as well as the middle class.
The authors draw on diverse conceptual approaches and investigative methodologies. They conduct participant observation in public or nonprofit organizations, explore administrative records, and interview actors at various stages of policymaking. This qualitative material is then combined with relevant quantitative data.
Readers are guided through a multilevel approach of welfare policies, from their definition to their implementation. They gain insight into the targeting of publics, from the higher reaches of government to the most underprivileged groups of the social world.
Overall, the book compares different national contexts and social policy fields. This approach unearths regularities, enabling the authors to reassess major contemporary transformations of the welfare State.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Pierre-Edouard Weill is an assistant professor in sociology from the University of Western Britanny and belongs to the LabLEX research unit. He is specialized on social policies and cultural practices. He has published numerous articles in international peer reviewed journals and several book chapters. Among his most recent publication is Sans toit ni loi? Genèse et conditions de mise en œuvre du Droit au logement opposable, Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2017.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Creating Target Publics for Welfare Policies
Book Subtitle: A Comparative and Multi-level Approach
Editors: Lorenzo Barrault-Stella, Pierre-Edouard Weill
Series Title: Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-89596-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG, part of Springer Nature 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-89595-6Published: 31 May 2018
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-07811-9Published: 21 December 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-89596-3Published: 16 May 2018
Series ISSN: 2214-9120
Series E-ISSN: 2214-9139
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 208
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 2 illustrations in colour
Topics: Social Philosophy, Statistics for Social Sciences, Humanities, Law, Social Policy, Public Policy, Logic