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Daniel (West Virginia University) Shapiro

Is the Welfare State Justified?

Buch

In this book, Daniel Shapiro argues that the dominant positions in contemporary political philosophy - egalitarianism, positive rights theory, communitarianism, and many forms of liberalism - should converge in a rejection of central welfare state institutions. He examines how major welfare institutions, such as government-financed and -administered retirement pensions, national health insurance, and programs for the needy, actually work. Comparing them to compulsory private insurance and private charities, Shapiro argues that the dominant perspectives in political philosophy mistakenly think that their principles support the welfare state. I… Mehr

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Produktdetails


  • ISBN: 978-0-521-67793-6
  • EAN: 9780521677936
  • Produktnummer: 2803848
  • Verlag: Cambridge University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
  • Seitenangabe: 344 S.
  • Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.0 cm 462 g
  • Abbildungen: Worked examples or Exercises
  • Gewicht: 462
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


Daniel Shapiro is Associate Professor of Philosophy at West Virginia University. A specialist in political philosophy and public policy, he has published in Public Affairs Quarterly, Social Philosophy and Policy, Journal of Political Philosophy, and Law and Philosophy. In the spring of 2003, he was a Distinguished Visiting Humphrey Lecturer at the University of Waterloo.

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