Why we need welfare
Collective action for the common good
What is welfare? Why is it a key part of the 'common good' for all? And how should we go about providing it? Pete Alcock, a well-respected expert, explains the challenges that collective welfare faces, and explores the complexities involved in delivering it, including debates about who benefits from welfare and how and where it is delivered. His primary focus is on the UK, including the problems of poverty and inequality, and how recent political and economic changes have undermined public investment; but he also draws on international examples from Europe and other OECD countries, such as the impact of private health care in the USA. Why…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4473-2836-0
- EAN: 9781447328360
- Produktnummer: 20521816
- Verlag: Policy Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2016
- Seitenangabe: 204 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 808 KB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham. Pete has taught and researched social policy for over thirty years, moving to Birmingham in 1998, where he has held a number of posts, including Head of the School of Social Sciences and Director of the ESRC Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC). He is author and editor of a number of leading books on social policy including The Student's Companion to Social Policy 5e (2016). His research has covered the fields of poverty and anti-poverty policy, social security, and the role of the UK third sector.
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