Arguments for Welfare

The Welfare State and Social Policy

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Arguments for Welfare

The Welfare State and Social Policy

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This book makes the case for the welfare state. Nearly every government in the developed world offers some form of social protection, and measures to improve the social and economic well-being of its citizens. However, the provision of welfare is under attack. The critics argue that welfare states are illegitimate, that things are best left to the market, and that welfare has bad effects on the people who receive it. If we need to be reminded why we ought to have welfare, it is because so many people have come think that we should not.

Arguments for Welfare is a short, accessible guide to the arguments. Looking at the common ideas and reoccurring traits of welfare policy across the world it discusses:

·The Meaning of the 'Welfare State'

·The Moral Basis of Social Policy

·Social Responsibility

·The Limits of Markets

·Public Service Provision

·The Role of Government

With examples from around the world, the book explains why social welfare services should be provided and explores how the principles are applied. Most importantly, it argues for the welfare state's continued value to society. Arguments for Welfare is an ideal primer for practitioners keen to get to grips with the fundamentals of social policy and students of social policy, social work, sociology and politics.

Table of Contents

1. Welfare and the welfare state / 2. The moral basis of social policy / 3. Benefitting other people / 4. Individualism and self-interest / 5. The limits of the market / 6. Providing public services / 7. The role of government / 8. Welfare as a way of realising other values / 9. Policy for society / 10. Does welfare have bad consequences? / Why welfare? / Bibliography / Index

Product details

Published 21 Mar 2017
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 1st
Extent 124
ISBN 9781786603036
Imprint Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Illustrations 5 graphs
Series Rowman & Littlefield International - Policy Impacts
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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