TY - BOOK ID - 77889810 TI - Power Resource Theory and the Welfare State AU - O'Connor, Julia S AU - Olsen, Gregg M PY - 1998 SN - 1282045350 9786612045356 1442678674 9781442678675 0802008097 0802071716 9780802071712 9780802008091 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Welfare state KW - Power (Social sciences) KW - Public welfare KW - Empowerment (Social sciences) KW - Political power KW - Exchange theory (Sociology) KW - Political science KW - Social sciences KW - Sociology KW - Consensus (Social sciences) KW - State, Welfare KW - Economic policy KW - Social policy KW - State, The KW - Welfare economics KW - Philosophy. KW - Korpi, Walter. KW - Sweden KW - Social conditions. KW - État providence KW - Pouvoir (Sciences sociales). KW - Power (Social sciences). KW - Philosophie. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77889810 AB - This collection of essays looks at power resources theory (PRT), a ground-breaking approach to political theory that builds upon the existing strengths of Marxist theorizing while addressing its weaknesses. Rather than simply asserting that all social policies in all capitalist societies exist to maintain capitalism and serve the long-term interests of the capitalist class, PRT examines the nature and impact of social policies and the level and types of social inequality in a variety of advanced capitalist nations. The editors have compiled essays that examine the PRT approach, as well as essays that offer critical analysis of PRT. As existing summations of state theory literature largely omit PRT, this anthology is essential reading for anyone interested in social policy and radical approaches to social welfare. ER -