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Record Nr.

UNINA9910817491103321

Autore

Lund Brian <1945->

Titolo

Understanding state welfare : social justice or social exclusion? / / Brian Lund

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 2002

London : , : SAGE, , 2002

ISBN

0-7619-6769-9

1-280-37032-7

9786610370320

1-4129-3279-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource ([vii], 253 p.)

Disciplina

361.650941

Soggetti

Welfare state

Public welfare - Great Britain - History

Great Britain Social policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographic references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - State Welfare: Distributive Principles; Chapter 2 - The 'Invisible Hand' and Emerging State; Chapter 3 - The Rise of Collectivism; Chapter 4 - Collectivism Contained; Chapter 5 - The Welfare State and Social Justice; Chapter 6 - Redistributive State Welfare?; Chapter 7 - State to Market: Market to State; Chapter 8 - New Labout, Social Exclusion and Social Justice; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'State Welfare' is an accessible introduction to theories of welfare and the history of the development of the British welfare state.