262 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
262 Pages
14 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
Also available as eBook on:
Arguing for a broader understanding of welfare, with culture as a unifying theme, this book demonstrates the explanatory power of an interdisciplinary approach to economic and social welfare.
This approach highlights the narrowness of orthodox economics which, founded on individualistic and utilitarian modelling, has settled for a narrow, simplified picture of welfare that omits many relevant... Read more
Lists of figures
List of tables
Preface
PART I Welfare and culture
1 Meanings of welfare
2 The importance of culture
3 Culturally sensitive theorising
Part II Economic welfare
4 Work and leisure
5 Income and consumption
6 Utility and happiness
7 Environment
PART III Social welfare
8 Need
9 Capability
10 Community
11 Identity
12 Freedom
PART IV Promoting welfare
13 Cultural evolution
14 Welfare policies
Bibliography
Index
Biography
William A. Jackson is Lecturer in Economics at the University of York, the United Kingdom.
