Overlapping Inequalities in the Welfare State

The volume analyses overlapping inequalities in European welfare states in time and space by looking at the institutional and organizational frameworks of these states. Informed by this perspective this volume provides a critical reflection on the phenomenon that inequalities not only overlap but mask each other as well. It therefore adopts a critical and process-focused approach to intersectionality. The contributions discuss to what extent selective inequality factors have emerged in various institutional fields, organizational settings and in society in general. They provide insights into the health system, education and the social assistance and social service systems, and focus on the relationship between paid and care work, state practices of criminalization, and political forms of resistance. In showing the potential of intersectional analyses, this volume reflects on the methodological challenges and addresses the gaps and limitations of intersectional perspectives at the same time. It highlights the conceptual relatedness of the intersectional paradigm with political considerations, activist positions and social movements. Readers across the social sciences, and particularly those interested in inequality issues and welfarism, will find this book particularly valuable.