Freedom and the Welfare State

Freedom and the Welfare State
Author: Bill Jordan
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 340
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429889151

Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare. The book considers philosophical, literary and political expressions of the ideals of liberty, and relates them to present-day issues in social policy and the social services. It tackles the major questions emerging in the current welfare debate such as, does state assistance destroy individual initiative and independence and, are welfare institutions agencies of social control which reinforce the dominant economic order?

The Politics of the Welfare State

The Politics of the Welfare State
Author: Ann Oakley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 307
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429880537

Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created. Issues of class, gender and ethnicity are explored in chapters that are wide ranging but closely linked. The contributors are renowned academics and policy-makers, including feminist and welfare historians, highly regarded figures in social policy, influential critics of recent educational reforms and key analysts of current reform in the health sector.

Contradictions of the Welfare State

Contradictions of the Welfare State
Author: Claus Offe
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 389
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429876785

Originally published in 1984, Contradictions of the Welfare State is the first collection of Claus Offe’s essays to appear in a single volume in English. The political writings in this volume are primarily concerned with the origins of the present difficulties of welfare capitalist states, and he indicates why in the present period, these states are no longer capable of fully managing the socio-political problems and conflicts generated by late capitalist societies. Offe discusses the viability of New Right, corporatist and democratic socialist proposals for restructuring the welfare state. He also offers fresh and penetrating insights into a range of other subjects, including social movements, political parties, law, social policy, and labour markets.

Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State

Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
Author: Routledge
Publisher:
Total Pages: 6112
Release: 2018-07-12
Genre:
ISBN: 9781138613737

The volumes in this set, originally published between 1940 and 1994, draw together research by leading academics in the area of welfare and the state, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volume examines the concepts of welfare in relation to the state through the areas of policy making, social administration, class division and social inequality, social policy and privatization, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of the welfare state in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, politics, economics, social work respectively.

Social Welfare and the Failure of the State

Social Welfare and the Failure of the State
Author: Roger Hadley
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 245
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429878494

Originally published in 1981 Social Welfare and the Failure of the State looks at how the 1980s have ushered in an intensification on the debate of the role of the state in social welfare. The book highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then provides a critical argument on to new ground. It highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then provides a critical analysis of the growth of the social services in the 1960s and 1970s. But its target is the way these services were provided, not the amount of money spent on them. The authors argue that they have grown in the wrong direction.

Not Only the Poor

Not Only the Poor
Author: Robert E Goodin
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 207
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429942354

Originally published in 1987 Not Only the Poor explores the self-interested involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state, particularly the middle class. Using evidence from Britain, America, and Australia, they show that the non-poor were crucial in the founding of the welfare state, and in all three countries the non-poor benefit extensively from key welfare programmes, including those ostensibly targeted on the poor. Goodin and Le Grand conclude that the beneficial involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state is probably inevitable, but this may be no bad thing, depending on the alternative and on the nature of the egalitarian ideal adopted.

The Welfare State

The Welfare State
Author: J.F. Sleeman
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429870876

Originally published in 1973, The Welfare State traces the historical roots of the Welfare State and considers the problems to which it gives rise, especially in the allocation of resources. It focuses on the economic issue of meeting needs with scarce resources and compares the British experience with that of other countries. It sets out the pattern of the social services since Beveridge and summarises the criticisms levelled at them. It considers the economic issues involved and provides a straightforward presentation of the available policy choices, the discussion poses a direct comparison with other countries. The book offers an overall conspectus of current policy issues against the historical background from which they arise.

Social Welfare: Why and How?

Social Welfare: Why and How?
Author: Noel W Timms
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 381
Release: 2018-07-20
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 0429887280

Originally published in 1980, Social Welfare: Why and How? is a collection of papers contributing to the subject of welfare philosophy, and to philosophising about and doing welfare. It advances emerging arguments concerning the growth grounds and uses of social welfare. The book is divided into two main sections, the first looks at the growth and the grounds of social welfare and the second looks at the practice of social welfare. The collection of papers provides a multi-disciplinary look at the subject through the lens of philosophy, social policy, social work and economics.

Social Security

Social Security
Author: Victor George
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 278
Release: 1998
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780415177238

First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Social Principles and the Democratic State

Social Principles and the Democratic State
Author: S. I. Benn
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 417
Release: 2013-04-15
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1135027420

This book, originally published in 1959, makes explicit the social principles which underlie the procedures and political practice of the modern democratic state. The authors take the view that in the modern welfare state there are porblems connected with the nature of law, with concepts like rights, justice, equality, property, punishment, responsibility and liberty and which modern philosophical techniques can illuminate.