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Is the welfare state’s dispute over valuesstill alive?

Author(s): Sławomir Czech
Subject(s): Economy
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Ekonomicznego we Wrocławiu
Keywords: welfare state; value dispute; legitimization; grand narratives

Summary/Abstract: With the end of the grand narratives welfare states lost their most important legitimization and the place of political and social philosophy, responsible for designing shape of future societies, was taken by economic calculus being focused almost entirely on current costs. Today, however, we witness clear weaknesses of this economic imperialism and increasing claims to reevaluate our social order.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 305
  • Page Range: 95-107
  • Page Count: 13
  • Language: Polish