Arguments for welfare: the welfare state and social policy.

Spicker, Paul

Abstract

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. This chapter presents 26 reasons for the provision of welfare. The file for this record represents only a sample chapter from the whole work, which is available for purchase from the publisher.

Citation

SPICKER, P. 2017. Arguments for welfare: the welfare state and social policy. London: Rowman and Littlefield International Ltd [online]. Available from: http://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/arguments_for_welfare/3-156-b8676521-173c-4557-9489-01d73d466f67

• Book Type: Monograph
• Online Publication Date: Mar 31, 2017
• Publication Date: Apr 16, 2017
• Deposit Date: Feb 13, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 13, 2018
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield International
• ISBN: 9781786603012
• Keywords: Public policy; Social services; Welfare state
• Public URL: http://hdl.handle.net/10059/2746
• Publisher URL: http://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/arguments_for_welfare/3-156-b8676521-173c-4557-9489-01d73d466f67
• Additional Information: The file accompanying this record represents an example chapter extracted from the book, which can be purchased from the publishers website: http://www.rowmaninternational.com/book/arguments_for_welfare/3-156-b8676521-173c-4557-9489-; 01d73d466f67