The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global ContextSAGE, 1998 M09 28 - 260 páginas This critical and highly topical introduction to the current debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the United Kingdom and the United States explains the origins and main tenets of the new Blair-Clinton orthodoxy. Central to the book is an examination of this orthodoxy's appeal to the concept of social justice. Bill Jordan demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the more fundamental principles of liberal democracy and the requirements of transnational economic exchange. He links the new politics of welfare to liberal and communitarian theories of citizenship and social justice, and assesses the broader prospects for European social policy in |
Contenido
CONTENTS | 3 |
The constraints of globalization | 6 |
Social justice poverty and exclusion | 11 |
Social justice in political thought | 15 |
Social justice political integration and multiculturalism | 19 |
Conclusions and plan of the book | 22 |
This book is an analysis of the emerging orthodoxy on social welfare | 27 |
The Labour Market as the Key to Social Justice | 30 |
Notes and references | 68 |
Rights Equality Need | 73 |
The Scope for SelfResponsibility and Private Provision | 112 |
An Alternative Programme | 157 |
Freedom and Solidarity in a Global Economy | 202 |
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Otras ediciones - Ver todas
The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global Context Bill Jordan Vista previa limitada - 1998 |
The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global Context Bill Jordan Vista de fragmentos - 1998 |
The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global Context Bill Jordan Sin vista previa disponible - 1998 |
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Australia's Welfare Wars: The Players, the Politics and the Ideologies Philip Mendes Sin vista previa disponible - 2003 |