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
204 Pages
by
Routledge
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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.... Read more
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
Biography
Sir Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, FBA is an academic specialising in public policy. He is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.
