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WHAT'S LEFT OF THE WELFARE STATE?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 December 2002

David Miller
Affiliation:
Politics, Nuffield College, Oxford University

Extract

What, if anything, is left of the socialist project? One way of interpreting this question is to ask whether socialism has bequeathed any permanent legacy to the capitalist democracies—do they have any features that would not exist apart from the historical impact of socialism, and that positively reflect socialist values? If we assume, with the political consensus of the moment, that full-blown socialism no longer represents a possible programme for these democracies, perhaps we can still discover the remains of socialism embedded in their practices. Or maybe not—that is the question I want to address.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2003 Social Philosophy and Policy Foundation

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