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

• Autore: Hindess Barry
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Tavistock Publications, , 1987
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (192 pages)
• Disciplina: 361.6/1
• Soggetto topico: Social policy; Economic policy; Welfare state; Equality
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Freedom, equality, and the market
• ISBN: 1-138-46730-8; 1-280-32312-4; 9786610323128; 1-135-80054-5; 0-203-29642-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910780115303321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Social science paperbacks ; ; 349.