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States and Welfare States

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Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social sec...
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  • 13 December 2022
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Most governments in the world – including many that are autocratic or authoritarian – have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social security. This book explores the role of government and the state in the contemporary world and, considering a range of theories and evidence, discusses views about government responsibility for social welfare services.

Applying political theory to social policy, this book seeks to address a set of key questions: what responsibilities do governments have towards their populations? What ought they do and what not? How can they do things better?

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Price: $127.95
Pages: 164
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Publication Date: 13 December 2022
ISBN: 9781447367369
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social welfare, social policy and social services, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / General, Politics and government, Regional, state and other local government
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Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at Robert Gordon University. His research has included studies of poverty, need, disadvantage and service delivery. His books on social policy for Policy Press have discussed poverty, social security and the theory of social policy, and include a leading textbook, ‘Social Policy: Theory and Practice’.

1. Introduction: the state, and what it has become

Part 1: On government

2. Government

3. Public Policy

4. The state and civil society

5. Global public policy

Part 2: Salus populi suprema lex: the welfare of the people is the highest law

6. The scope of legitimate action

7. Welfare

8. Which people?

9. The commitment to welfare

10. Disputed principles

11. The duties of a government