What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits? / Paul Spicker

• Autore: Spicker Paul
• Pubblicazione: Bristol : , : Policy Press, , 2017; ©2017
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (125 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 368.400941
• Soggetto topico: Social security; Social security - Great Britain
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: In 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: What’s Wrong with Social Security Benefits
• ISBN: 9781447337348; 1447337344
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910163289603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Shorts insights.