Early Christian-democracy derived its strength and inspiration from the social doctrine of Cathol... more Early Christian-democracy derived its strength and inspiration from the social doctrine of Catholic magisterium. Defined as a third way and a centrist doctrine, Christiandemocracy has to reconcile its history with the modern position of popular parties of the right wing. In other words, the old plea for the betterment of the lesser-off may be understood as an incipient form of welfare. Secondly, there should be a match between early meanings of welfare and present distributive policies. The aim of this paper is to revisit social founding encyclicals to delineate a Christian-democratic particular vision on welfare. The main contention is that Christian-democracy has built in autonomous principles of welfare, charity and care for the lesser off.
This article revisits only the contractualist framework of intergenerational justice and is confi... more This article revisits only the contractualist framework of intergenerational justice and is confined to the savings principle of John Rawls‟ theory of justice. The rationale is twofold: firstly, the rawlsian savings principle inspired much of the progress within studies on inter-generational justice; secondly, the rawlsian principle – each generation should save a fair share to preserve just institutions „on the assumption that all other generations saved in accordance with the same criterion‟ – drew the parallel of a Golden Rule between generations: „Do unto others as you would have them do unto you‟. Recent attempts to institutionalise inter-generational justice revealed that the tortuous path from ideal theory to practice may be long but worthy. Present worries and concerns, such as governmental indebtedness and duty of remembrance towards past generations and to victims of Holocaust and of communist regimes, may find in intergenerational justice and equity an anchor for justification.
The economic crisis brings back into attention the neglected issue of welfare state retrenchment ... more The economic crisis brings back into attention the neglected issue of welfare state retrenchment and pressures to scale down social spending. Recent literature on welfare state shifted the focus from ideal types of welfare states to institutional constraints that affect the ability of a government to change the status quo. The analytical framework of veto players provides a useful tool not only for the affluent Western societies but also for the analysis of post-communist states. In the case of Romania, the core hypothesis of “new politics” of welfare state, namely the
correlation between institutional stickiness and the success of social policy retrenchment proves to be sound.
"Multiculturalism is the most recent member of political theory family and also the most conteste... more "Multiculturalism is the most recent member of political theory family and also the most contested across Western Europe. Four prime ministers publicly acknowledged the failure of „multikulti” and this contrast with the initially broad consensus in political theory on multicultural policies. Usually multiculturalism is associated with the communitarianism but there are three distinct types of justification for multiculturalism, namely the postcolonial, the communitarian and the liberal one. The article deals only with the evolution of liberal defense of multiculturalism in the political theory of William Kymlicka. Although his „liberal
culturalism” became gradually more sophisticated, historical and
specific circumstances of Eastern and Central Europe limit the
scope of multicultural policies in this area."
Early Christian-democracy derived its strength and inspiration from the social doctrine of Cathol... more Early Christian-democracy derived its strength and inspiration from the social doctrine of Catholic magisterium. Defined as a third way and a centrist doctrine, Christiandemocracy has to reconcile its history with the modern position of popular parties of the right wing. In other words, the old plea for the betterment of the lesser-off may be understood as an incipient form of welfare. Secondly, there should be a match between early meanings of welfare and present distributive policies. The aim of this paper is to revisit social founding encyclicals to delineate a Christian-democratic particular vision on welfare. The main contention is that Christian-democracy has built in autonomous principles of welfare, charity and care for the lesser off.
This article revisits only the contractualist framework of intergenerational justice and is confi... more This article revisits only the contractualist framework of intergenerational justice and is confined to the savings principle of John Rawls‟ theory of justice. The rationale is twofold: firstly, the rawlsian savings principle inspired much of the progress within studies on inter-generational justice; secondly, the rawlsian principle – each generation should save a fair share to preserve just institutions „on the assumption that all other generations saved in accordance with the same criterion‟ – drew the parallel of a Golden Rule between generations: „Do unto others as you would have them do unto you‟. Recent attempts to institutionalise inter-generational justice revealed that the tortuous path from ideal theory to practice may be long but worthy. Present worries and concerns, such as governmental indebtedness and duty of remembrance towards past generations and to victims of Holocaust and of communist regimes, may find in intergenerational justice and equity an anchor for justification.
The economic crisis brings back into attention the neglected issue of welfare state retrenchment ... more The economic crisis brings back into attention the neglected issue of welfare state retrenchment and pressures to scale down social spending. Recent literature on welfare state shifted the focus from ideal types of welfare states to institutional constraints that affect the ability of a government to change the status quo. The analytical framework of veto players provides a useful tool not only for the affluent Western societies but also for the analysis of post-communist states. In the case of Romania, the core hypothesis of “new politics” of welfare state, namely the
correlation between institutional stickiness and the success of social policy retrenchment proves to be sound.
"Multiculturalism is the most recent member of political theory family and also the most conteste... more "Multiculturalism is the most recent member of political theory family and also the most contested across Western Europe. Four prime ministers publicly acknowledged the failure of „multikulti” and this contrast with the initially broad consensus in political theory on multicultural policies. Usually multiculturalism is associated with the communitarianism but there are three distinct types of justification for multiculturalism, namely the postcolonial, the communitarian and the liberal one. The article deals only with the evolution of liberal defense of multiculturalism in the political theory of William Kymlicka. Although his „liberal
culturalism” became gradually more sophisticated, historical and
specific circumstances of Eastern and Central Europe limit the
scope of multicultural policies in this area."
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correlation between institutional stickiness and the success of social policy retrenchment proves to be sound.
culturalism” became gradually more sophisticated, historical and
specific circumstances of Eastern and Central Europe limit the
scope of multicultural policies in this area."
correlation between institutional stickiness and the success of social policy retrenchment proves to be sound.
culturalism” became gradually more sophisticated, historical and
specific circumstances of Eastern and Central Europe limit the
scope of multicultural policies in this area."