Not Only the Poor: The Middle Classes and the Welfare State

ISBN-13: 9781138598638 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 262 str.

Robert E. Goodin; Julian Le Grand

Opis

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.

Spis treści

List of Tables and Figures  Preface  Part I: Background  1. Introduction  2. Measuring the Distributional Impact of the Welfare State: Methodological Issues  Part II: The Origins of the Welfare State  3. Risk Sharing and Social Justice: The Motivational Foundations of the Post-War Welfare State  Part III: The Operation of the Welfare State  4. US Anti-Poverty Policy and the Non-Poor: Some Estimates and their Implications  5. The Middle-Class Use of the British Social Services  6. Creeping Universalism in the Australian Welfare State  7. Distributional Biases in Social Service Delivery Systems  Part IV: The Challenge to the Welfare State  8. The Middle Classes and the Defence of the British Welfare State  9. The Expansion and Contraction of the American Welfare State  Part V: Conclusion  10. Not Only the Poor  About the Author  References  Index

O autorze

Robert E Goodin, Julian Le Grand