Political philosophy and social welfare : essays on the normative basis of welfare provision / Raymond Plant, Harry Lesser, Peter Taylor-Gooby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Plant, Raymond.

Contributor:

Lesser, Harry.

Series:

Routledge Revivals

Routledge rivals

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Social policy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (208 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This re-issued work, first published in 1980, represents a work of normative political philosophy which argues positively for the centrality of the obligation to meet the various demands of social need in our society, and will be of particular interest to students of politics, philosophy, social politics and administration.Bringing the insights of analytical Political Philosophy to bear on the issues of social welfare and welfare provision, the authors discuss such issues as the basis of the sense of stigma involved in the receipt of welfare benefits, the right of welfare an

Contents:

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 Political philosophy and social welfare; Part One: Needs, welfare and social policy; 2 Needs, rights and welfare; 3 Human needs, objectivity and morality; 4 The moral basis of welfare provision; Part Two: Needs, welfare and political processes; 5 Needs, interests and power; 6 Objectivity, social justice and social policy; 7 True and false needs; 8 Markets, needs and welfare; Part Three: Community, welfare and social policy; 9 Community and the legitimation of social policy; 10 Markets, community and welfare; Bibliography

Name indexSubject index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliography and indexes.

ISBN:

1-135-19567-6

1-282-25628-9

9786612256288

0-203-09226-0

OCLC:

654779597