Welfare
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Welfare
（Concepts in the social sciences）
Open University Press, 1999
2nd ed
- : hbk
- : pbk
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Previous ed.: 1990
Includes notes (p. [139]-146), bibliography (p. [147]-151) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This text traces the historical origins of welfare to 18th-century sources in moral and social philosophy and shows how, in the evolution of the concept, doctrines of welfare have been associated with a variety of social philosophies, including utilitarianism, rights, individualism and collectivism. The author explores the economic and philosophical rationales of the welfare state and considers the theoretical debate in the light of recent developments in social theory. He shows how the welfare issue has begun to affect the liberal versus communitarian controversey, and goes on to provide a thorough analysis of the re-thinking of welfare policy in the light of criticism from the New Right. The result is a text for students of politics, sociology and social policy, and a reference for researchers as well as those with a wider interest in the welfare state.
Table of Contents
- The idea of welfare in political thought
- utilitarianism and the origins of welfare philosophy
- anti-individualism - from the minimal state to the welfare state
- liberal political economy and welfare
- the critique of individualism and the ethics of welfare
- justice, equality and welfare
- welfare, the welfare state and politics
- welfare - a postscript.
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