Justice, care, and the welfare state /
Material type: TextPublication details: UK Oxford University Press 2015 Edition: First editionDescription: xiv, 288 pagesISBN: 9780198719564; 0198719566Subject(s): Welfare state | Social justice | Social valuesDDC classification: 361.6/5 Online resources: Click here to access online | Click here to access online | Click here to access online Summary: Changes in the nature of work and the family, the growing elderly population, and other developments over the past fifty years have rendered existing welfare policies largely out-of-step with economic and social conditions. While welfare state reform clearly raises important questions about justice and social policy, political philosophers have been slow to address it. This book takes up the important task of developing a theory of justice to guide contemporary welfare state reform.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Books | Gabriel Afolabi Ojo Central Library (Headquarters). | HM681 .E54 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0161497 |
Changes in the nature of work and the family, the growing elderly population, and other developments over the past fifty years have rendered existing welfare policies largely out-of-step with economic and social conditions. While welfare state reform clearly raises important questions about justice and social policy, political philosophers have been slow to address it. This book takes up the important task of developing a theory of justice to guide contemporary welfare state reform.
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