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How to Fix the Welfare State : Some Ideas for Better Social Services /

Paul Spicker offers an original take on the British welfare state. He outlines the structure of services, the impact of false narratives, the real problems that need to be addressed and how we can do things better.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Spicker, Paul (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2022.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the author -- 1. The welfare state -- The challenge to the welfare state -- The Poor Law and the welfare state -- The plan of the book -- 2. Social security -- The benefit system -- Thinking differently about benefits -- Dealing with complex rules -- Reforming benefits -- 3. The National Health Service -- What the NHS does -- Preventative health care -- Distractions -- The delivery of medical care -- 4. Social care -- Residential care -- Staying in one's own home -- Domiciliary care: needs and assessment -- The 'care package' 
505 0 |a A different approach to social care -- 5. Education -- The education system -- The leading narrative: equality and inequality -- Education policy: a new direction -- 6. Child protection -- Preventing child abuse -- The development of children's services -- Making things better -- 7. Housing -- Housing tenure -- Housing and the market -- Access to housing -- The real housing problem -- The problems of poor areas -- A broader approach -- 8. Employment services -- Active labour market policy -- The labour market in theory -- Work and social security -- How to make jobs 
505 0 |a 9. Equalities and human rights -- Institutional racism -- The legislation -- Human rights -- Protection from injustice -- 10. The public services -- Universal public services -- The case for universality -- Extending universality -- 11. Towards a stronger welfare state -- Some wrong directions -- Addressing common problems -- Paying for welfare: austerity, retrenchment and reform -- The process of reform -- After the pandemic: a new social settlement? -- Afterword: a personal note -- Index -- Back cover. 
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