Marginalized Groups, Inequalities and the Post-war Welfare State: Whose Welfare?

Examining the ways in which societies treat their most vulnerable members has long been regarded as revealing of the bedrock beliefs and values that guide the social order. However, academic research about the post-war welfare state is often focused on mainstream arrangements or on one social group. With its focus on different marginalized groups: migrants and people with disabilities, this volume offers novel perspectives on the national and international dimensions of the post-war welfare state in Western Europe and North America.

Monika Baár is Professor by Special Appointment of Central European Studies at Leiden University. She is principal investigator of the ERC-funded research project Rethinking Disability: the Global Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Historical Perspective.

Paul van Trigt is postdoctoral researcher in the ERC-project Rethinking Disability: the Impact of the International Year of Disabled Persons (1981) in Global Perspective at the Institute of History, Leiden University.