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Social Policy, Social Democracy, and the Lessons of History: A Case Study of Gareth Stedman Jones' "An End to Poverty?"
Get PDFGareth Stedman Jones argues in An End to Poverty? A Historical Debate that it isimportant to reconsider Enlightenment thinkers, in particular Antoine-Nicolas deCondorcet and Thomas Paine, because they can inform current debates on socialpolicy as well as contribute to a renewal of social democratic philosophy. In contrast,this article suggests that the proposals of these writers are of little value inaddressing the contemporary challenge of eradicating poverty and are unhelpfulin rethinking the central commitments of social democracy. This article will concludewith a brief examination of the lessons we can draw from Sweden, which hasproduced the most comprehensive welfare state in the advanced capitalist societies.Gareth Stedman Jones soutient dans son article An End to Poverty? A HistoricalDebate qu'il est important de revisiter les penseurs du Sigcle des lumigres, dont enparticulier Antoine-Nicolas de Condorcet et Thomas Paine, parce qu'ils peuventCclairer les debats actuels sur la politique sociale et contribuer ainsi au renouveaude la philosophie social-democratique. Cet article suggsre, en revanche, que lespropositions de ces Ccrivains n'ont que peu de valeur au sujet du defi contemporainde l'eradication de la pauvretC et ne sont d'aucun secours quand il s'agit de repenserles engagements fondamentaux de la social-dCmocratie. En conclusion, cet articleexamine brigvement les lefons h retenir de la Sukde qui a produit 1'~tat-providencele plus avancC des sociCt6s capitalistes progressistes
A National Child Benefit: Promising First Step or Final Gesture in Child Poverty Strategy?
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