Freedom, equality, and the market : arguments on social policy / Barry Hindess.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hindess, Barry.

Series:

Social science paperbacks ; 349.

Social science paperbacks ; no. 349

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social policy.

Economic policy.

Welfare state.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (192 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Tavistock Publications, 1987.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This new textbook for students of social theory considers the role of public intervention in social and economic processes. It is a clear, critical discussion of different theoretical and political perspectives on social policy.Barry Hindess begins with the 'consensus' view, shared by senior politicians, civil servants, and academics throughout much of the postwar period. This view depends on two beliefs: in the capacity of government to manage the economy; and in the development of a qualitatively new relationship between the state and the population. The first is discussed in relat

Contents:

Cover; Freedom, Equality, and the Market: Arguments on Social Policy; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements; I Introduction; II Government and the economy; III Citizenship and the market; IV Citizenship and inflation; V The contradictions of collectivism; VI The 'strategy of equality' reconsidered; VII Marxism; VIII Liberalism; IX Freedom, equality, and the market; References; Name index; Subject index

Notes:

Includes bibliography and index.

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-138-46730-8

1-280-32312-4

9786610323128

1-135-80054-5

0-203-29642-7

9780203220955

OCLC:

252782311