Not Only the Poor

The Middle Classes and the Welfare State
Herausgeber: Goodin, Robert E; Le Grand, Julian

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Produktbeschreibung

Originally published in 1987 Not Only the Poor explores the self-interested involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state, particularly the middle class. Using evidence from Britain, America, and Australia, they show that the non-poor were crucial in the founding of the welfare state, and in all three countries the non-poor benefit extensively from key welfare programmes, including those ostensibly targeted on the poor. Goodin and Le Grand conclude that the beneficial involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state is probably inevitable, but this may be no bad thing, depending on the alternative and on the nature of the egalitarian ideal adopted.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 266
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. August 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 339g
• ISBN-13: 9781138598638
• ISBN-10: 1138598631
• Artikelnr.: 60039126

Autorenporträt

Robert E Goodin, Julian Le Grand

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Figures Preface Part I: Background 1. Introduction 2.
Measuring the Distributional Impact of the Welfare State: Methodological
Issues Part II: The Origins of the Welfare State 3. Risk Sharing and Social
Justice: The Motivational Foundations of the Post-War Welfare State Part
III: The Operation of the Welfare State 4. US Anti-Poverty Policy and the
Non-Poor: Some Estimates and their Implications 5. The Middle-Class Use of
the British Social Services 6. Creeping Universalism in the Australian
Welfare State 7. Distributional Biases in Social Service Delivery Systems
Part IV: The Challenge to the Welfare State 8. The Middle Classes and the
Defence of the British Welfare State 9. The Expansion and Contraction of
the American Welfare State Part V: Conclusion 10. Not Only the Poor About
the Author References Index