Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State
About the Book Series
The volumes in this set, originally published between 1940 and 1994, draw together research by leading academics in the area of welfare and the state, and provide a rigorous examination of related key issues. The volume examines the concepts of welfare in relation to the state through the areas of policy making, social administration, class division and social inequality, social policy and privatization, whilst also exploring the general principles and practices of the welfare state in various countries. This set will be of particular interest to students of sociology, politics, economics, social work respectively.
Social Welfare: Why and How?
1st Edition
By Noel W Timms
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1980, Social Welfare: Why and How? is a collection of papers contributing to the subject of welfare philosophy, and to philosophising about and doing welfare. It advances emerging arguments concerning the growth grounds and uses of social welfare. The book is divided into ...
Sociology and Social Welfare
1st Edition
By Michael Sullivan
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1987, Sociology and Social Welfare looks at the relationship between state and welfare in the context of a wider sociological analysis of state and society in post-war Britain. The book looks at two main concerns, the first suggests the ways in which the theory and practice ...
Talking About Welfare: Readings in Philosophy
1st Edition
Edited
By Noel W Timms, David Watson
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1976 Talking About Welfare is a collection of essays providing a general survey of the problems facing social welfare. The book introduces a number of philosophers, social workers and social administrators, concentrating on problems in describing a general philosophical ...
The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany: 1850-1950
1st Edition
Edited
By Wolfgang J. Mommsen
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1981 The Emergence of the Welfare State in Britain and Germany 1850-1950 is an edited collection on the history and future prospects of the modern welfare state. It attempts to pave the way for an analysis of the problems of the welfare state and its historical origins, and ...
The Origins of British Social Policy
1st Edition
Edited
By Pat Thane
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1978 The Origins of British Social Policy arose dissatisfaction with conventional approaches to the subject of welfare responsibilities in the state. This volume stresses the complexity of conscious and unconscious influences upon policy, which include such political ...
The Politics of the Welfare State
1st Edition
Edited
By Ann Oakley, Susan Williams
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created...
The Strategy of Equality: Redistribution and the Social Services
1st Edition
By Julian Le Grand
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1982 The Strategy of Equality examines public expenditure on the social services as a strategy for promoting social equality. Today there is a widespread belief that the strategy has worked and that public spending on the social services primarily benefits those less well ...
The Unemployment Services: A Report Prepared for the Fabian Society
1st Edition
By Julian LeGrand
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1940, The Unemployment Services provides a thorough examination of the system of unemployment relief. The book looks at fundamental proposals for the extension of necessary provisions for improving the conditions of the unemployed, and their dependents. The book provides a ...
The Unservile State: Essays in Liberty and Welfare
1st Edition
By George Watson
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1957, The Unservile State looks at the theme of liberty in the Welfare State. Has it survived Welfare – is it even better for it? What of Parliament and our civil liberties? Does the present state of property distribution, of industry, agriculture and our social services ...
The Welfare State: Its Aims, Benefits and Costs
1st Edition
By J.F. Sleeman
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1973, The Welfare State traces the historical roots of the Welfare State and considers the problems to which it gives rise, especially in the allocation of resources. It focuses on the economic issue of meeting needs with scarce resources and compares the British experience ...
Theories of Welfare
1st Edition
By Anthony Forder, Terry Caslin, Geoffrey Ponton, Sandra Walklate
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1984 Theories of Welfare looks at theories of social administration developed in different social science disciplines. The book ranges widely and gives concise coverage to the historical and intellectual background in which the theory emerged, the implicit or explicit value ...
Welfare State and Welfare Society: Illusion and Reality
1st Edition
By William Robson
August 15, 2020
Originally published in 1976, Welfare State and Welfare Society breaks away from the prevailing notion that the welfare state is mainly concerned with the well-being of the entire nation. The book distinguishes the welfare state from the welfare society, and shows that there is often a yawning gulf...