ISBN:
9780415557436
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (208 p)
Series Statement:
Routledge Revivals
Parallel Title:
Print version Political Philosophy and Social Welfare (Routledge Revivals) : Essays on the Normative Basis of Welfare Provisions
DDC:
306.9
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This re-issued work, first published in 1980, represents a work of normative political philosophy which argues positively for the centrality of the obligation to meet the various demands of social need in our society, and will be of particular interest to students of politics, philosophy, social politics and administration.Bringing the insights of analytical Political Philosophy to bear on the issues of social welfare and welfare provision, the authors discuss such issues as the basis of the sense of stigma involved in the receipt of welfare benefits, the right of welfare and the concepts of '
Description / Table of Contents:
Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Political philosophy and social welfare; Part One: Needs, welfare and social policy; 2 Needs, rights and welfare; 3 Human needs, objectivity and morality; 4 The moral basis of welfare provision; Part Two: Needs, welfare and political processes; 5 Needs, interests and power; 6 Objectivity, social justice and social policy; 7 True and false needs; 8 Markets, needs and welfare; Part Three: Community, welfare and social policy; 9 Community and the legitimation of social policy; 10 Markets, community and welfare; Bibliography
Description / Table of Contents:
Name indexSubject index
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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