SOCI 304 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Universal Health Care, Class Conflict, Urs
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Two types of explanations of the welfare state. Long-term explanations of the emergence of the ws. Theory says little about the differences between ws. Says little about why the ws came about in the first place. Tries to look into what factors went into the implementation of specific wel programs or of the rise of specific welfare states in specific countries. Theories tend to try to explain differences between countries but don"t look the phenomenon of state provided welfare programs comes from in general. His argument is that the creation of what he calls a "self-regulating market system capitalism). He"s focusing on the creation on the formally free labour force throu. He says land labour and capital are not things that are bein produced in order to be sold. They have other purposes and in order to turn them things that can be bought and sold will have enormous consequences on society and of the economy.
