Arguments for welfare : the welfare state and social policy /: the welfare state and social policy. ([2017])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Paul Spicker.
• Authors: Spicker, Paul
• Contents: 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 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 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
• Publisher Details: London Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield International Ltd
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations
• Subjects: 361; Social Science: Social Classes & Economic Disparity; Welfare state; Social policy; Social policy; Welfare state; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Human Services; Social Science: Human Geography; Political Science: Public Policy / Social Policy; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781786603036; 1786603039
• Related ISBNs: 9781786603012
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2017).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.