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The Welfare State Regime as a Theoretical Account: From Welfare State to Gramsci

2022; Springer International Publishing; Linguagem: Inglês

10.1007/978-3-031-04055-9_2

2662-2491

Ksenia Kirkham,

Elite Sociology and Global Capitalism

The welfare state regime approach (WSR) is considered both a theoretical framework and a powerful tool for analysingcounter-hegemonic mechanisms. Chapter 2 examines the welfare state regime as a theoretical account, following the consistent path from functionalists, structuralist accounts, from Wood and Gough’s Institutional responsibility matrix to the neo-Gramscian analysis of counter-hegemony. The incorporation of the structural and functional representation of the welfare state into neo-Gramscian framework is completed by deriving reproductive (or stabilising) function, out of the analysis of previous three: de-commodifying, redistributive, and connecting (socialising and mobilising).