Responsibility, Rights, And Welfare
The Theory Of The Welfare State
1st Edition
Published on 26. June 2019
235 pages
978-1-000-23799-3 (ISBN)
Description
This book explores the social, historical, and philosophical bases of the welfare state. It examines the ways in which the welfare state gives expression to the deepest impulses and values of our way of life as it deals with the issues of poverty and social dislocation.
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Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
ISBN-13
978-1-000-23799-3 (9781000237993)
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Person
Moon, J. Donald; Moon, J Donald
Content
Preface -- Introduction -- Justifications for Welfare -- Reasons for Welfare -- Needs, Agency, and Welfare Rights -- Liberalism and the Welfare State -- Liberal Guilt -- Welfare Rights as Property Rights -- The Logic of Liberal Equality -- The Welfare State -- Altruism and the Welfare State -- Democracy against the Welfare State?
