Format:
Online-Ressource (viii, 260 p)
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ill
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24 cm
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
076196021X
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0761960228
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9780761960218
Series Statement:
Sage politics texts v.2
Content:
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 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 libera
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [238]-255) and index
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Cover ; Table of Contents ; 1 - Introduction: Social Justice in a Global Context ; 2 - The Labour Market as the Key to Social Justice ; 3 - Social Justice: Rights, Equality, Need ; 4 - The Scope for Self-Responsibility and Private Provision ; 5 - An Alternative Programme ; 6 - Conclusions: Freedom and Solidarity in a Global Economy ; Bibliography ; Index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780857026378
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780761960225
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The New Politics of Welfare : Social Justice in a Global Context
Language:
English
