1st Edition
Social Welfare and the Failure of the State Centralised Social Services and Participatory Alternatives
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
194 Pages
by
Routledge
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Originally published in 1981 Social Welfare and the Failure of the State looks at how the 1980s have ushered in an intensification on the debate of the role of the state in social welfare. The book highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then provides a critical argument on to new ground. It highlights the trends towards centralisation in modern Britain and then... Read more
Preface
1. Introduction
2. The Emergence of the Centralist Faith
3. The Administration of Collectivism
4. The Performance of the Statutory Services
5. Reorganisation: Three Case Studies
6. The Other Three Sectors
7. Representative Democracy
8. After Social Democracy
9. Theory into Practice
10. Toward Alternative Structures
11. On Becoming Keynes’s Grandchildren
Bibliography
Index
Biography
Roger Hadley, Stephen Hatch
