TY - BOOK ID - 5145767 TI - Regulating the Social PY - 1993 SN - 1282751735 9786612751738 1400820960 1400813506 0691032408 9781400813506 9781400820962 9780691032405 9781282751736 6612751738 PB - Princeton, NJ DB - UniCat KW - Germany -- Politics and government -- 1871-1918. KW - Germany -- Social conditions -- 1871-1918. KW - Germany -- Social policy. KW - Public welfare -- Germany -- History -- 19th century. KW - Public welfare KW - Social Conditions KW - Sociology & Social History KW - Social Sciences KW - History KW - Germany KW - Social conditions KW - Social policy. KW - Politics and government KW - Law KW - General and Others KW - Aide sociale KW - Histoire KW - Allemagne KW - Social policy KW - Politique et gouvernement KW - Conditions sociales KW - Politique sociale KW - Benevolent institutions KW - Poor relief KW - Public assistance KW - Public charities KW - Public relief KW - Public welfare reform KW - Relief (Aid) KW - Social welfare KW - Welfare (Public assistance) KW - Welfare reform KW - Government policy KW - Weimar Republic KW - Germanii︠a︡ KW - Германия KW - BRD KW - FRN KW - Jirmānīya KW - جرمانيا KW - Nimechchyna KW - Gjermani KW - Federalʹna Respublika Nimechchyny KW - Veĭmarskai︠a︡ Respublika KW - Ashkenaz KW - Germanyah KW - Bundesrepublik Deutschland KW - Federal Republic of Germany KW - Deutschland KW - Repoblika Federalin'i Alemana KW - República Federal de Alemania KW - Alemania KW - República de Alemania KW - Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - Kholboony Bu̇gd Naĭramdakh German Uls KW - KhBNGU KW - ХБНГУ KW - German Uls KW - Germania KW - Republika Federal Alemmana KW - Deutsches Reich KW - Grossdeutsches Reich KW - Weimarer Republik KW - Vācijā KW - Human services KW - Social service KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : British Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : French Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : Russian Zone) KW - Germany (Territory under Allied occupation, 1945-1955 : U.S. Zone) KW - Germany (East) KW - Germany (West) KW - Holy Roman Empire KW - ドイツ KW - Doitsu KW - ドイツ連邦共和国 KW - Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku KW - ドイツ レンポウ キョウワコク KW - Deguo KW - 德国 KW - Gėrman KW - Герман Улс UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:5145767 AB - Why does the welfare state develop so unevenly across countries, regions, and localities? What accounts for the exclusions and disciplinary features of social programs? How are elite and popular conceptions of social reality related to welfare policies? George Steinmetz approaches these and other issues by exploring the complex origins and development of local and national social policies in nineteenth-century Germany. Generally regarded as the birthplace of the modern welfare state, Germany experimented with a wide variety of social programs before 1914, including the national social insurance legislation of the 1880's, the "Elberfeld" system of poor relief, protocorporatist policies, and modern forms of social work. Imperial Germany offers a particularly useful context in which to compare different programs at various levels of government. Looking at changes in welfare policy over the course of the nineteenth century, differences between state and municipal interventions, and intercity variations in policy, Steinmetz develops an account that focuses on the specific constraints on local and national policymakers and the different ways of imagining the "social question." Whereas certain aspects of the pre-1914 welfare state reinforced social divisions and even foreshadowed aspects of the Nazi regime, other dimensions actually helped to relieve sickness, poverty, and unemployment. Steinmetz explores the conditions that led to both the positive and the objectionable features of social policy. The explanation draws on statist, Marxist, and social democratic perspectives and on theories of gender and culture. ER -