1st Edition

The Strategy of Equality Redistribution and the Social Services

By Julian Le Grand Copyright 1982
    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    204 Pages
    by Routledge

    Originally published in 1982 The Strategy of Equality examines public expenditure on the social services as a strategy for promoting social equality. Today there is a widespread belief that the strategy has worked and that public spending on the social services primarily benefits those less well off. However, there have been few attempts to examine whether this belief is founded in reality. This book attempts to rectify this. Examining four areas of social policy: health care, education, housing, and transport, the book looks at the distribution of public expenditure and the ‘outcome’ of that expenditure, as well as the implications for various conceptions of equality.

    Acknowledgements

    Part I: The Dream

    1. Introduction

    2. The Dreamers

    Part II: The Reality

    3. Health Care

    4. Education

    5. Housing

    6. Transport

    Part III: The Strategy

    7. Equality and the Social Services

    8. The Alternative

    Appendices

    Appendix A: Studies of the Distribution of Public Expenditure

    Appendix B: Additional Tables

    Appendix C: Income and Occupational Classifications