Belonging, Solidarity and Expansion in Social Policy
This book examines the relationship of belonging and social policy in a historical-comparative perspective reconstructing individual arguments in favour of or opposed to the expansion of solidarities.
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Belonging, Solidarity and Expansion in Social Policy Stefanie Börner Free University of Berlin, Germany
© Stefanie Börner 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 2013 978-1-137-31957-9 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Any person who does any unauthorized act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted her right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2013 by PALGRAVE MACMILLAN Palgrave Macmillan in the UK is an imprint of Macmillan Publishers Limited, registered in England, company number 785998, of Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS. Palgrave Macmillan in the US is a division of St Martin’s Press LLC, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10010. Palgrave Macmillan is the global academic imprint of the above companies and has companies and representatives throughout the world. Palgrave® and Macmillan® are registered trademarks in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe and other countries. ISBN 978-1-349-45736-6 ISBN 978-1-137-31958-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137319586 This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. Logging, pulping and manufacturing processes are expected to conform to the environmental regulations of the country of origin. A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by MPS Limited, Chennai, India.
For my grandparents
Contents List of Tables and Figures
vii
Acknowledgements
viii
1 Introduction
1
Part I Social Solidarity and the Welfare State 2 Towards a New Historical Sociology?
17
3 Solidarity and Social Policy
35
Part II Benefit Societies and the Welfare State 4 Social Security Beneath the Nation State 5 Collectively Against the State
55 92
6 Debating the Expansion of Solidarity
103
7 Coping with Change
128
Part III Social Solidarity Between Europe and the Nation State 8 Beyond the National: The Construction of Social Solidarity in the European Union
147
9 Conclusion
174
Notes
187
Bibliography
195
Material
213
Index
217
vi
List of Tables and Figures Tables 3.1
Analytical dimensions of solidarity
42
4.1
Mutual benefit societies and industrialisation
56
4.2
Comparison of friendly and collecting societies
68
4.3
Number of benefit societies in Germany around 1870
72
4.4
Benefit society members related to active population before and after the introduction of health insurance
80
6.1
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