1st Edition

Welfare, Right and the State A Framework for Thinking

By David Levine Copyright 2008
154 Pages
by Routledge

154 Pages
by Routledge

160 Pages
by Routledge

This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy. Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the nature of welfare and connects welfare not to basic needs, but to what Levine refers to as the capacity to lead the self-made life, considering different... Read more

1. Welfare

2. Right

3. The State

4. Need

5. The Free Market

6. Self-Determination

Biography

David P. Levine is Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, USA.