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changing relations in European welfare states
Front Cover -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: An individualised middle class -- The radical activism of the middle class -- The theoretical framework underpinning the research -- 'Disembedding' without 're-embedding' processes -- The old and the new 'middle mass' -- Towards a 'third welfare system' -- Defining the middle class: the need for a multidimensional approach -- Reconceptualising relationships between state, market and the informal sector -- Structure of the book
1 The radicalisation of middle-class activism: a theoretical overview -- Two well-established strands of research -- The economic decline of the middle class -- The cultural changes -- The mobilisation of socially isolated people -- Combinatory attempts -- The infinite causal relationships -- The neglected agents' social actions -- Conclusion -- 2 A long-lasting transition -- Introduction -- The 'institutionalised individualism': the core value of Western societies -- The individualism of the middle class -- The first signs of internal crisis
Work as an uncertain foundation of an individualised existence -- Towards a society of isolated monads? -- We are living in an ambivalent condition -- Returning to more traditional social ties? -- Conclusion -- 3 The rise of a new 'middle mass' -- A new politically and socially unstable stratum -- At the bottom of the social structure -- At the centre of social stratification -- The cleavage of the new 'middle mass' -- A mass of active and reflexive individuals -- New social divisions, new cleavages -- Conclusion -- 4 The shifting relations with the welfare state
An uncertain distinction strategy -- The middle class and the traditional welfare state -- The collective revolts of the middle mass -- The changing trajectory of middle-class positions -- Individualising welfare solutions -- An activism that does not work -- Stabilising social divisions: the divided welfare state -- Regulating the conduct of low-income populations -- Stabilising social distance: support for welfare chauvinism -- Following the age of dualisation: towards a 'third welfare system'? -- Middle-class support for an inclusive welfare -- Conclusion
5 A welfare for a highly individualised society -- What does the middle class really need? -- Overcoming the divisive welfare state -- The social and cultural limits of the social investment approach -- Activation programmes founded on a plurality of social resources -- A different relationship between state, market and informal sector -- New balances between individualised activism and collective bonds -- Promoting an interplay between individual actions and institutions' activities -- A welfare grounded on the realm of communicative actions -- Bringing social back in the welfare state