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Welfare right and the state: a framework for thinking

By: Series: Routledge advances in international political economyPublication details: London Routledge 2011Description: viii, 146 pISBN:
  • 9780415664110
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 330.126 L3W3
Summary: This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy. Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the nature of welfare and connects welfare not to basic needs, but to what Levine refers to as the capacity to lead the self-made life, considering different ways of grounding the claim that providing for the welfare of citizens might be considered a duty of the state. Among the ideas explored are: shared membership in a community rights compassion and security. Welfare, Right and the State will be of interest to academics and advanced students working in the field of social administration, sociology, political science, economics, philosophy, international studies and social work. (https://www.routledge.com/Welfare-Right-and-the-State-A-Framework-for-Thinking/Levine/p/book/9780415664110)
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Table of Contents:

1. Introduction
2. Welfare and the Self-Made Life
3. The Theory of Need
4. Right as Freedom
5. Welfare and the State
6. The Free Market
7. Recognition and the Self

This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy.

Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the nature of welfare and connects welfare not to basic needs, but to what Levine refers to as the capacity to lead the self-made life, considering different ways of grounding the claim that providing for the welfare of citizens might be considered a duty of the state.

Among the ideas explored are:

shared membership in a community
rights
compassion
and security.

Welfare, Right and the State will be of interest to academics and advanced students working in the field of social administration, sociology, political science, economics, philosophy, international studies and social work.

(https://www.routledge.com/Welfare-Right-and-the-State-A-Framework-for-Thinking/Levine/p/book/9780415664110)

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