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Record Nr.

UNINA9910480906403321

Autore

Macarov David

Titolo

Social welfare [[electronic resource] ] : structure and practice / / David Macarov

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : SAGE, c1995

ISBN

1-4833-4534-3

1-4522-4688-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (345 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

MacarovDavid

Disciplina

361.6

361.6/10973

Soggetti

Social service

Public welfare

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Updated edition of: The design of social welfare. 1978.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part I. The nature of social welfare -- part II. Motivations for social welfare -- part III. Inflences on social welfare -- part IV. Issues in social welfare.

Sommario/riassunto

Asserting that social programs are unable to halt or even limit the problems of poverty, unemployment, and lack of health care they are designed to address, Macarov returns to basic concepts.