political and philosophical debates in welfare
Book Details
Author(s)Allyn Fives
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan
ISBN / ASIN1403987386
ISBN-139781403987389
AvailabilityUsually ships in 24 hours
Sales Rank9,579,472
MarketplaceUnited States 🇺🇸
Description
This is a critical overview of theories of the welfare state pitched at advanced undergraduates and postgraduates on courses taught in political science, sociology, social policy, and philosophy. It examines classic justifications of the welfare state and then discusses recent attempts to provide alternative approaches to political theory, such as political liberalism, postmodernism, and the new-right. Based on the author's teaching, this analytically cogent account engages with both theoretical moral justifications and their practical application.
