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States and Welfare States : Government for the People
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States and Welfare States : Government for the People
ISBN
9781447367383
9781447367369
Publication
Bristol : Policy Press, 2022.
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2023
Copyright Notice Date
©2022.
Physical Description
1 online resource (164 pages).
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Summary
Most governments in the world have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social security. This book explores the role of government and the state in the contemporary world and discusses views about government responsibility for social welfare services.
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Project MUSE complete collection 2023.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
July 19, 2023
Contents
Front Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
About the author
1. Introduction: the state, and what it has become
Some misconceptions
The growth of 'positive welfare'
The contemporary state
Developing the argument
Part I: On government
2. Government
Legitimate authority
Governance
3. Public policy
Economic policy
Social policy: public and social welfare services
Policies for society
The limits of policy
4. The state and civil society
The sectors of civil society
Welfare pluralism
5. Global public policy
Relations between states
The state and non-citizens
Direct intervention abroad
International issues
International governance
Part II: Salus populi suprema lex: the welfare of the people is the highest law
6. The scope of legitimate action
Liberalism: the enabling state
Social democracy: principled change
Communitarian conservatism
Neoliberalism: the case for less government
Reconciling different positions
7. Welfare
Welfare as a matter for individuals
The sum of individual welfares
Social understandings of welfare: needs, poverty and deprivation
The collective good
Social welfare policies
8. Which people?
Including the excluded
Residual and institutional provision
The development of social policy
9. The commitment to welfare
Solidarity
Citizenship
Democracy
Extending welfare provision
10. Disputed principles
Equality
Redistribution
Social justice
The welfare state
11. The duties of a government
Positive welfare
Overcoming the constraints
The responsibilities of government
Index of subjects
Index of names
Back Cover
Subjects
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