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Arguments for welfare : = the welfare state and social policy /

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Arguments for welfare :/ Paul Spicker
Reminder of title:	the welfare state and social policy /
Author:	Spicker, Paul,
Description:	1 online resource (vi, 117 pages)
Subject:	Welfare state - Cross-cultural studies. -
Online resource:	http://lib.myilibrary.com?id=1005640
Online resource:	http://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/NBNIB0004845.html
ISBN:	9781786603036$q(electronic bk.)

Arguments for welfare : = the welfare state and social policy /
Spicker, Paul,

Arguments for welfare :the welfare state and social policy /Paul Spicker - 1 online resource (vi, 117 pages) - Rowman & Littlefield International--policy impacts.

Includes bibliographical references and index

Arguments For Welfare; Contents; 1 Understanding the Welfare State; The Welfare State; What Welfare States Do; Welfare Spending: How Discussions about Welfare Go Astray; 2 The Moral Basis of Social Policy; Consequences; Universal Principles; Particular Obligations; Virtue Ethics; Morality and Welfare; 3 Benefitting Other People; Social Responsibility; 'Something Must Be Done'; Rights; 4 Individualism and Self-Interest; Rational Self-Interest; Mutuality and Social Protection; The Common Good: Interests in Common; Reclaiming Individualism; 5 The Limits of the Market; Markets and Welfare

This book is a concise explanation of what welfare is, and why it is important. With examples from the UK, Europe, North America and Australia the book explores how the principles of welfare are applied across the world

ISBN: 9781786603036$q(electronic bk.)

LCCN: 2017009618Subjects--Topical Terms:

1021892
Welfare state
--Cross-cultural studies.Index Terms--Genre/Form:

761329
Electronic books

LC Class. No.: JC479 / .S6949 2017

Dewey Class. No.: 361

Arguments for welfare : = the welfare state and social policy /
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505 8 $a ServicesCompetition; Independent Provision; 6 Providing Public Services; The Public Services: Governance, Accountability and Finance; Why Public Services Are Not Like Businesses; Why We Need Public Services; 7 The Role of Government; Democracy; Citizenship and the Political Community; Residual and Institutional Provision; Compulsion and Control; What Governments Can Do and What They Can't; Welfare Pluralism; 8 Welfare as a Way of Realising Other Values; Social Justice; Equality; Freedom; Human Development; 9 Policy for Society; Changing Social Structures; Social Policy and Society
505 8 $a The Common Good: The Welfare of SocietyIndividual and Social Objectives; 10 Does Welfare Have Bad Consequences?; Economic Outcomes; The Effect on Individual Behaviour; Good Welfare and Bad Welfare; 11 Why Welfare?; Bibliography; Index; About the Author
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