02737oam 22005534a 450 991016328960332120230126214940.09781447337348144733734410.56687/9781447337331(CKB)3710000001025435(MiAaPQ)EBC4790838(OCoLC)1280907472(MdBmJHUP)musev2_80099(DE-B1597)646082(DE-B1597)9781447337331(Perlego)3533087(EXLCZ)99371000000102543520161104d2017 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWhat’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits?Paul SpickerBristol :Policy Press,2017.©2017.1 online resource (125 pages) illustrationsPolicy Press shorts. Insights9781447337324 1447337328 9781447337331 1447337336 Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables and figures -- About the author -- One Understanding social security -- Two Misunderstanding social security -- Three The real problems -- Four How much is enough? -- Five Reforming key benefits -- Six Changing the benefits system -- IndexIn this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges readers to rethink social security benefits in Britain. Putting a case for reform of the system, Spicker argues that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits – that spending is out of control, that it has led to mushrooming dependency, that it fails to get people into work, and that the system is riddled with fraud – are misconceived. Addressing those misconceptions, Spicker assesses the real problems with the system, related to its size, its complexity, the expectation that benefits agencies should know everything, and the determination to ‘personalise’ benefits for millions of people. This stimulating short book is a valuable introduction to social security in Britain and the potential for its reform. For more from the author on social security and social policy visit blog.spicker.uk.Shorts insights.Social securityfast(OCoLC)fst01123077Social securityGreat BritainGreat BritainfastSocial security.Social security368.400941Spicker Paul519067MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910163289603321What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits2565737UNINA