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Spicker, Paul

 
9781529250756: What Is the Welfare State For?
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ISBN 10 : 1529250757 ISBN 13 : 9781529250756
Editeur : Bristol University Press, 2025

Synopsis

Welfare states matter for people’s lives – but what are they trying to do, and why? The book discusses the institutions and methods that characterise welfare states around the world. It focuses on the aims, purposes and justifications for social welfare services in order to explain what the welfare state is for.

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À propos de l'auteur

Professor Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy in Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and a writer and commentator on social policy. His studies of housing and welfare rights developed from his early career and his research has included benefit delivery systems, the care of old people, psychiatric patients, housing management and local anti-poverty strategy and he has published widely in the field. He is a consultant on social welfare in practice, working for agencies at local, national and international levels.

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Éditeur
Bristol University Press
Date d'édition
2025
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1529250757
ISBN 13 
9781529250756
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
162
Coordonnées du fabricant
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