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What Is the Welfare State For?

By Paul Spicker
Series: What Is It For?
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Most states in the world make some provision for the welfare of their citizens. Every state engages with health care provision, almost all provide education services, and, after an explosion of interest in recent years, a substantial majority now have national schemes in place for cash... Read More
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Most states in the world make some provision for the welfare of their citizens. Every state engages with health care provision, almost all provide education services, and, after an explosion of interest in recent years, a substantial majority now have national schemes in place for cash assistance.

Welfare states matter for people's lives – but there is little agreement about what one is. What are these states trying to do, and why? The book discusses the institutions and methods that characterise welfare states around the world. It focuses on the aims, purposes and justifications for social welfare services in order to explain what the welfare state is for.

What Is the Welfare State For? by Paul Spicker explores these questions, providing insight into the objectives and effectiveness of welfare systems globally.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529250756

Publisher: Bristol University Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 24 June 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Bristol University Press

Illustration: 1 Illustrations, black and white

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 127.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 250g

Pages: 162

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Education & Reference Finance & Economics Finance & Investment Non-Fiction Paul Spicker Politics & Current Affairs Series: What Is It For?

About the Author

Professor Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy in Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen and a writer and commentator on social policy. His studies of housing and welfare rights developed from his early career and his research has included benefit delivery systems, the care of old people, psychiatric patients, housing management and local anti-poverty strategy and he has published widely in the field. He is a consultant on social welfare in practice, working for agencies at local, national and international levels.

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