Ideology and Social Welfare

185 Pages·1990·75.586 MB·English

by  Victor George, Profesor Paul Wilding, Paul Wilding

Ideology and social welfare
The Autbors
Vic George is Professor of Social Policy and Administration and
Social Work at the University of Kent at Canterbury. Paul Wilding
is Professor of Social Administration at the University of
Manchester. Together they have written Motherless Families (1972),
Ideology and Social Welfare (1976) and The Impact of Social Policy
(1984), all published by Routledge & Kegan Paul. They were also
joint editors of the Concepts in Social Policy series (also published
by Routledge & Kegan PaUl).
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Radical Social Policy
GENERAL EDITOR:
Vic George
Professor of Social Policy and
Administration and Social Work
University of Kent
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Ideology and social welfare
Completely revised, expanded and updated
VkGeorge
Professor ofS acUlI Policy and
Administration and SacUlI Work
University ofK ent
and
Paul Wilding
Professor ofS OCUlI Administration
University ofM anchester
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LONDON AND NEW YORK
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First published 1985
by Roudedge & Kegan Paul
Reprinted 1989, 1991,1992, 1993, 1996
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George, Victor.
Ideology and social welfare.
(Radical social policy)
Bibliography: p.
Includes index.
1. Social policy 2. Welfare state. 3. Social
justice. I. Wilding, Paul. II. Title. III Series.
HNI6.G46 1985 361.6'1 84-27726
ISBN 0-415-05101-0
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If we speak of democracy, we do not mean democracy which
maintains the right to vote but forgets the right to work and the
right to live. If we speak of freedom, we do not mean a rugged
individualism which excludes social organisation and economic
planning. If we speak of equality, we do not mean a political
equality, nullified by social and economic privilege. If we speak
of economic reconstruction, we think less of maximum produc
tion (though this too will be required) than of equitable
distribution.
The Times, 1 July 1940
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Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction xi
Chapter 1 Society, the state, social problems
and social policy 1
Chapter 2 The anti-collectivists 19
Chapter 3 The reluctant collectivists 44
Chapter 4 The Fabian socialists 69
Chapter 5 The Marxists 95
Chapter 6 The future of the welfare state 120
Notes 148
Bibliography 162
Subject index 168
Name index 171
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Acknowledgments
The first edition of Ideology and Social Welfare received both
favourable and unfavourable comment from reviewers and other
writers. We have benefited from that. Particularly helpful,
however, has been the work of a number of writers on social
policy whose work has appeared in recent years - Ian Gough,
Ramesh Mishra, Robert Pinker, Graham Room, Peter Taylor
Gooby and Jennifer Dale.
We are grateful to Margaret Joyce at the University of Kent
and to secretaries at the University of Manchester for typing
several drafts of the manuscript.
Like all our other work this has been a truly collaborative
effort and we are jointly responsible for any errors and
shortcomings.
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