Politics, Regulation and the Modern Welfare State

This book presents an alternative theoretical approach to the study of the transformation of the modern welfare state. It draws upon the undogmatic Marxism of Gramsci in order to deconstruct the Marxist tradition and develop a general theory of capitalist

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POLITICS, REGULATION AND THE MODERN WELFARE STATE

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Also by Jacob Torfing NEW THEORIES OF DISCOURSE

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STATE, ECONOMY AND SOCIETY (with R. B. Betramsen and F. Thomsen)

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Jacob Torfing Assistant Professor Roskilde University Denmark

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Politics, Regulation and the Modern Welfare State

First published in Great Britain 1998 by

MACMILLAN PRESS LTD Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire RG21 6XS and London Companies and representatives throughout the world A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

First published in the United States of America 1998 by ST. MARTIN’S PRESS, INC., Scholarly and Reference Division, 175 Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y. 10010 ISBN 0–312–21182–1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Torfing, Jacob. Politics, regulation, and the modern welfare state / Jacob Torfing. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0–312–21182–1 (cloth) 1. Welfare state. I. Title. JC479.T66 1997 361.6'5—dc21 97–40266 CIP © Jacob Torfing 1998 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph 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, 90 Tottenham Court Road, London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The author has asserted his right to be identified as the author of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. This book is printed on paper suitable for recycling and made from fully managed and sustained forest sources. 10 07

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List of Tables List of Figures Preface

Introduction

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Part I From the Problems of Marxism to the Primacy of Politics

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