Religion, class coalitions, and welfare states / edited by Kees van Kersbergen, Philip Manow.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Religion and the western welfare state : the theoretical context / Philip Manow and Kees van Kersbergen -- Western European party systems and the religious cleavage / Thomas Ertman -- The religious foundations of work-family policies in western Europe / Kimberly J. Morgan -- Italy : a Christian democratic or clientelist welfare state? / Julia Lynch -- Religion and the welfare state in the Netherlands / Kees van Kersbergen -- A conservative welfare state regime without Christian democracy? The French État-Providence, 1880-1960 / Philip Manow and Bruno Palier -- Religion and the consolidation of the Swiss welfare state, 1848-1945 / Herbert Obinger -- The church as nation? The role of religion in the development of the Swedish welfare state / Karen M. Anderson -- The religious factor in U.S. welfare state politics / Jill Quadagno and Deana Rohlinger -- Religious doctrines and poor relief : a different causal pathway / Sigrun Kahl.