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In the decades following World War Two, and in part in response to the Cold War, governments across Western Europe set out ambitious programmes for social welfare and the redistribution of wealth that aimed to improve the everyday lives of their citizens. Many of these welfare state programmes - housing, schools, new towns, cultural and leisure centres – involved not just construction but a new approach to architectural design, in which the welfare objectives of these state-funded programmes were delineated and debated. The impact on architects and architectural design was profound and far-reaching, with welfare state projects moving centre-stage in architectural discourse not just in Europe but worldwide.This is the first book to explore the architecture of the welfare state in Western Europe from an international perspective. With chapters covering Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Sweden and the UK, the book explores the complex role played by architecture in the formation and development of the welfare state in both theory and practice.

Architecture and state --- Architecture and society --- Welfare state --- History --- material culture [genre] --- West-Europa --- 94.036 --- State and architecture --- Ruimtelijke ordening (geschiedenis) --- Europa --- 71.03 --- 72.036 --- 351 --- State, Welfare --- Architecture --- Architecture and sociology --- Society and architecture --- Sociology and architecture --- Geschiedenis 20ste eeuw --- Stedenbouw (geschiedenis) --- Twintigste eeuw (architectuur) --- 20ste eeuw (architectuur) --- Beleid --- Social aspects --- Economic policy --- Public welfare --- Social policy --- State, The --- Welfare economics --- Human factors --- Sociology of environment --- architecture [discipline] --- anno 1900-1999 --- Western Europe --- Politique sociale --- Politique de la construction --- Politique de l'architecture --- Histoire de l'architecture --- Histoire de l'urbanisme --- Développement économique --- Politique du logement --- Europe --- Architecture et société --- État providence --- Politique gouvernementale --- Histoire --- 71.037 --- 71.038 --- 72.037 --- 72.038 --- Stedelijk beleid ; welvaartstaat --- Geschiedenis van de stedenbouw ; 1900 - 1950 --- Geschiedenis van de stedenbouw ; 1950 - 2000 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1900 - 1950 --- Architectuurgeschiedenis ; 1950 - 2000 --- samenleving