After Progress
Norman Birnbaum(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 8. February 2001
Book
Hardback
444 pages
978-0-19-512005-9 (ISBN)
Description
The 20th century witnessed a profound shift in both socialism and social reform. In the early 1900s, social reform seemed to offer a veritable religion of redemption, but by the century's end, while socialism remained a vibrant force in European society, a culture of extreme individualism and consumption all but squeezed the welfare state out of existence. Documenting this historic change, this work looks at the course of social reform and Western politics after Communism. The author traces the forces that have shifted social concern over the course of a century, from the devastation of two world wars, to the post-war golden age of economic growth and democracy, to the ever-increasing dominance of the market. He aims to make sense of the historical trends that have created a climate in which politicians proclaim the arrival of a new historical epoch but rarely offer solutions to social problems that get beyond cost-benefit analyses.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-0-19-512005-9 (9780195120059)
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