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Promoting welfare? : Government information policy and social citizenship /

As citizens we need information to exercise our social rights and responsibilities. However, information provision about welfare services is patchy and the 'information poor' are often disadvantaged in access to those services. Promoting welfare? explores how government information policie...

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Autor principal: Leonard, Penny
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2003.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • PROMOTING WELFARE?; Contents; Foreword; Preface; List of abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. Citizenship; 3. Information; 4. Social democracy and information; 5. The New Right and information; 6. New Labour and information; 7. Case study A: In-work benefits for low wage earners; 8. Case study B: Means-tested benefits for older people; 9. Information for citizenship?; References; APPENDIX A: Government expenditure on publicity for social security benefits (1973-98/99); APPENDIX B: Sample leaflets and posters; Index.