The Political Economy of the Welfare State

ISBN-13: 9781032130880 / Miękka / 2023 / 224 str.

Dorothy J. Wilson

Opis

First published in 1982, the authors of this book, one an economist and the other a specialist in social administration, look at the basic objectives of the various welfare services and  from a systematic and comparative standpoint and subject these aims to rigorous analysis and discuss the underlying issues of social philosophy.

Spis treści

Foreword.  1. The Welfare State: Its Meaning and its Development  2. Welfare Economics, Political Economy and the Welfare State  3. The Cash Transfers: An Account of the Schemes  4. Poverty and Selectivity  5. Cash Benefits in a Changing Economy  6. The Welfare State and the Health Services  7. The Personal Social Services  8. Assessment and Recommendations.  Bibliography.  General Index.  Name Index.

O autorze

Thomas Wilson and Dorothy J. Wilson