Description
Book Synopsis"Of the several discussions of the American poverty theorists I have read, this is easily the best. Anyone interested in that debate should begin here." - Professor Lawrence M. Mead, New York University
"...a compelling guide to the ideas that have shaped and seek to re-shape welfare provision. This is a student text that teachers will want to read first." - Professor Robert Walker, University of Nottingham
* How do welfare benefits and services shape the attitudes, behaviour and character of claimants? Should entitlement be dependent upon good behaviour?
* What are the major intellectual influences upon current welfare reforms in the UK and the US?
* Is it possible to reform welfare in ways which tackle both social inequality and welfare dependency?
This lucid and engaging book provides an introduction to the current debates about the future direction of welfare reform on both sides of the Atlantic. The first part outlines a range of different perspectives o
Trade Review"...the book succeeds in shifting the analysis of welfare into the twenty-first century by offering well-focussed discussions of the moral debates of the new social policy and the prescriptive ways in which governments now seek to achieve compliance to their new designs." - Martin Hewitt
Table of ContentsSeries editor's foreword
Acknowledgements
List of abbreviations
Introduction
Part one
Welfare and equality
Welfare and self interest
Welfare and paternalism
Welfare and obligation
Welfare as temporary support
Part two
Ending dependency? welfare reform in the United States
A new deal for welfare? New Labour and the reform of welfare in Britain
Conclusion
Glossary
Bibliography
Index.
