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Understanding the Neoconservative Welfare Theory

Cho Young Hoon 1

1동의대학교

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ABSTRACT

Neoconservatism is often used as if it is the synonym of neoliberalism. However,neoconservatism as the modern version of conservatism is a different value systemfrom neoliberalism, which inherits the tradition of classical liberalism. The mix-upof the different value systems results in a misunderstanding of the characteristics ofneoliberal and neoconservative social policies. Almost all the critiques to the welfarestate are generally regarded as those of neoliberalism even though some ofthem are neoconservative. This article aims to show the characteristics of the neoconservative social policy andto evaluate it. This research attempts to reconstruct the neoconservative welfaretheory, focusing on George Gilder, Lawrence Mead and Charles Murray as its majorproponents. This paper has an academic significance in the sense that it provides asystematic view on the neoconservative social policy. A few studies have been done on the neoconservative social policy, but they treat itas part of the neoliberal one or simply regard it as same as the neoliberal one. Thisarticle, by clarifying the characteristics of the neoconservative social policy and differentiatingit from the neoliberal one, will contribute to removing the conceptualconfusion in the social policy field and to establishing a criterion of evaluation forsocial policies in reality.

1. 머리말

2. 신보수주의의 복지국가 비판

3. 신보수주의 복지이론

4. 신자유주의 복지이론과의 비교

5. 맺음말

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