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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780115303321

Autore

Hindess Barry

Titolo

Freedom, equality, and the market : arguments on social policy / / Barry Hindess

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Tavistock Publications, , 1987

ISBN

1-138-46730-8

1-280-32312-4

9786610323128

1-135-80054-5

0-203-29642-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (192 pages)

Collana

Social science paperbacks ; ; no. 349

Disciplina

361.6/1

Soggetti

Social policy

Economic policy

Welfare state

Equality

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliography and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Freedom, Equality, and the Market: Arguments on Social Policy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; I Introduction; II Government and the economy; III Citizenship and the market; IV Citizenship and inflation; V The contradictions of collectivism; VI The 'strategy of equality' reconsidered; VII Marxism; VIII Liberalism; IX Freedom, equality, and the market; References; Name index; Subject index

Sommario/riassunto

This new textbook for students of social theory considers the role of public intervention in social and economic processes. It is a clear, critical discussion of different theoretical and political perspectives on social policy.Barry Hindess begins with the 'consensus' view, shared by senior politicians, civil servants, and academics throughout much of the postwar period. This view depends on two beliefs: in the capacity of government to manage the economy; and in the development of a qualitatively new relationship between the state and the population. The first is discussed in relat