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Papers by Julia O'Connor
Current Sociology, 1996
... Keywords: welfare state, gender stratification, citizenship, caring, labour market participat... more ... Keywords: welfare state, gender stratification, citizenship, caring, labour market participation. Faculties and Schools: ... Research Institutes and Groups: Institute for Research in Social Sciences Institute for Research in Social Sciences > Social & Policy Studies & Social Work. ...
University of Toronto Press eBooks, 1998
Page 1. ower esources © heory and the Welfare State A CRITICAL APPROACH Edited by Julia S. O&... more Page 1. ower esources © heory and the Welfare State A CRITICAL APPROACH Edited by Julia S. O'Connor and Gregg M. Olsen Page 2. Page 3. POWER RESOURCES THEORY AND THE WELFARE STATE: A CRITICAL APPROACH ...
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Oct 1, 2013
This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development ... more This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development of the welfare state irrespective of regime categorization. The negative influence of neo-liberalism in restructuring welfare states since the 1980s has been widely identified and is discussed in this paper where it is situated within the context of a discussion of the key tenets of liberalism that still have, a sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often contradictory influence on western welfare states. The economic dimension of liberalism, with its emphasis on the primacy of the market, is one dimension of the configuration of ideas embodied in liberalism that have relevance to welfare state analysis. This configuration includes individualism, moral egalitarianism and universalism although the particular liberal denotation of these concepts has to be borne in mind and their implications for social policy examined in the context of the dual character of contemporary liberal democracies. The twin pillars of these societies are a capitalist economic system and a democratic political system. The central issue that must inform analysis of welfare states in such systems is the balance between these pillars and the extent to which inequalities associated with the market are modified through the democratic system. The implications of this analysis of liberalism, in its various dimensions, are that a cultural dimension is an essential component of an explanatory framework for cross-national welfare state research and that the contemporary influence of liberalism is not confined to neo-liberalism; a positive liberal influence on policy development, if considerably modified by other streams of thought, may be more pervasive than is often assumed.
This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a groundbreaking approach to pol... more This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a groundbreaking approach to political theory that builds upon the existing strengths of Marxist theorizing while addressing its weaknesses. Rather than simply asserting that all social policies in all capitalist societies exist to maintain capitalism and serve the long-term interests of the capitalist class, PRT examines the nature and impact of social policies and the level and types of social inequality in a variety of advanced capitalist nations. Approaches to social policy and the impacts of these policies vary a great deal from country to country. It is these variations that PRT seeks to account for, focusing on the strengths and organization of the labour movements in various nations. The editors have compiled essays that examine PRT in general, as well as essays that offer critical analysis of PRT. As existing summations of state theory literature largely omit PRT, this anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in social policy and radical approaches to social welfare.
International Social Work, Oct 1, 2001
Bristol University Press eBooks, Aug 30, 2018
International Social Work, Apr 1, 1998
Contemporary Sociology, Nov 1, 1992
Contemporary Sociology, Jul 1, 1994
... Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Pal, Leslie A. (Leslie Alexander), 1954-Interests of... more ... Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Pal, Leslie A. (Leslie Alexander), 1954-Interests of state: the politics of language, multicul-turalism and feminism in ... I am also grateful to Dieter Rauch and Peter Wagner, then of the Wissenschaftzentrum in Berlin, for their help on the ...
A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy
Culture and Welfare State
This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development ... more This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development of the welfare state irrespective of regime categorization. The negative influence of neo-liberalism in restructuring welfare states since the 1980s has been widely identified and is discussed in this paper where it is situated within the context of a discussion of the key tenets of liberalism that still have, a sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often contradictory influence on western welfare states. The economic dimension of liberalism, with its emphasis on the primacy of the market, is one dimension of the configuration of ideas embodied in liberalism that have relevance to welfare state analysis. This configuration includes individualism, moral egalitarianism and universalism although the particular liberal denotation of these concepts has to be borne in mind and their implications for social policy examined in the context of the dual character of contemporary liberal democracies. The twin pillars of these societies are a capitalist economic system and a democratic political system. The central issue that must inform analysis of welfare states in such systems is the balance between these pillars and the extent to which inequalities associated with the market are modified through the democratic system. The implications of this analysis of liberalism, in its various dimensions, are that a cultural dimension is an essential component of an explanatory framework for cross-national welfare state research and that the contemporary influence of liberalism is not confined to neo-liberalism; a positive liberal influence on policy development, if considerably modified by other streams of thought, may be more pervasive than is often assumed.
International Social Work, 1998
International Social Work, 2001
Women and political representation in Canada, 1998
Page 90. 3 Employment Equality Strategies and Their Representation in the Political Process in Ca... more Page 90. 3 Employment Equality Strategies and Their Representation in the Political Process in Canada, 1970-1994 JULIA S. O'CONNOR, McMaster University Introduction This paper outlines the key gender equality strategies ...
Current Sociology, 1996
... Keywords: welfare state, gender stratification, citizenship, caring, labour market participat... more ... Keywords: welfare state, gender stratification, citizenship, caring, labour market participation. Faculties and Schools: ... Research Institutes and Groups: Institute for Research in Social Sciences Institute for Research in Social Sciences > Social & Policy Studies & Social Work. ...
University of Toronto Press eBooks, 1998
Page 1. ower esources © heory and the Welfare State A CRITICAL APPROACH Edited by Julia S. O&... more Page 1. ower esources © heory and the Welfare State A CRITICAL APPROACH Edited by Julia S. O'Connor and Gregg M. Olsen Page 2. Page 3. POWER RESOURCES THEORY AND THE WELFARE STATE: A CRITICAL APPROACH ...
Edward Elgar Publishing eBooks, Oct 1, 2013
This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development ... more This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development of the welfare state irrespective of regime categorization. The negative influence of neo-liberalism in restructuring welfare states since the 1980s has been widely identified and is discussed in this paper where it is situated within the context of a discussion of the key tenets of liberalism that still have, a sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often contradictory influence on western welfare states. The economic dimension of liberalism, with its emphasis on the primacy of the market, is one dimension of the configuration of ideas embodied in liberalism that have relevance to welfare state analysis. This configuration includes individualism, moral egalitarianism and universalism although the particular liberal denotation of these concepts has to be borne in mind and their implications for social policy examined in the context of the dual character of contemporary liberal democracies. The twin pillars of these societies are a capitalist economic system and a democratic political system. The central issue that must inform analysis of welfare states in such systems is the balance between these pillars and the extent to which inequalities associated with the market are modified through the democratic system. The implications of this analysis of liberalism, in its various dimensions, are that a cultural dimension is an essential component of an explanatory framework for cross-national welfare state research and that the contemporary influence of liberalism is not confined to neo-liberalism; a positive liberal influence on policy development, if considerably modified by other streams of thought, may be more pervasive than is often assumed.
This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a groundbreaking approach to pol... more This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a groundbreaking approach to political theory that builds upon the existing strengths of Marxist theorizing while addressing its weaknesses. Rather than simply asserting that all social policies in all capitalist societies exist to maintain capitalism and serve the long-term interests of the capitalist class, PRT examines the nature and impact of social policies and the level and types of social inequality in a variety of advanced capitalist nations. Approaches to social policy and the impacts of these policies vary a great deal from country to country. It is these variations that PRT seeks to account for, focusing on the strengths and organization of the labour movements in various nations. The editors have compiled essays that examine PRT in general, as well as essays that offer critical analysis of PRT. As existing summations of state theory literature largely omit PRT, this anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in social policy and radical approaches to social welfare.
International Social Work, Oct 1, 2001
Bristol University Press eBooks, Aug 30, 2018
International Social Work, Apr 1, 1998
Contemporary Sociology, Nov 1, 1992
Contemporary Sociology, Jul 1, 1994
... Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Pal, Leslie A. (Leslie Alexander), 1954-Interests of... more ... Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data Pal, Leslie A. (Leslie Alexander), 1954-Interests of state: the politics of language, multicul-turalism and feminism in ... I am also grateful to Dieter Rauch and Peter Wagner, then of the Wissenschaftzentrum in Berlin, for their help on the ...
A Handbook of Comparative Social Policy
Culture and Welfare State
This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development ... more This chapter is based on the argument that aspects of liberalism have influenced the development of the welfare state irrespective of regime categorization. The negative influence of neo-liberalism in restructuring welfare states since the 1980s has been widely identified and is discussed in this paper where it is situated within the context of a discussion of the key tenets of liberalism that still have, a sometimes positive, sometimes negative and often contradictory influence on western welfare states. The economic dimension of liberalism, with its emphasis on the primacy of the market, is one dimension of the configuration of ideas embodied in liberalism that have relevance to welfare state analysis. This configuration includes individualism, moral egalitarianism and universalism although the particular liberal denotation of these concepts has to be borne in mind and their implications for social policy examined in the context of the dual character of contemporary liberal democracies. The twin pillars of these societies are a capitalist economic system and a democratic political system. The central issue that must inform analysis of welfare states in such systems is the balance between these pillars and the extent to which inequalities associated with the market are modified through the democratic system. The implications of this analysis of liberalism, in its various dimensions, are that a cultural dimension is an essential component of an explanatory framework for cross-national welfare state research and that the contemporary influence of liberalism is not confined to neo-liberalism; a positive liberal influence on policy development, if considerably modified by other streams of thought, may be more pervasive than is often assumed.
International Social Work, 1998
International Social Work, 2001
Women and political representation in Canada, 1998
Page 90. 3 Employment Equality Strategies and Their Representation in the Political Process in Ca... more Page 90. 3 Employment Equality Strategies and Their Representation in the Political Process in Canada, 1970-1994 JULIA S. O'CONNOR, McMaster University Introduction This paper outlines the key gender equality strategies ...