Understanding the finance of welfare : what welfare costs and how to pay for it / Howard Glennerster.
Material type:
- 9781847421098 (hbk.)
- 9781847421081 (pbk.)
- 338.43361941 21
- HV245 .G534 2009
Includes bibliographical references (p. 217-236) and index.
Meeting basic human needs; Market failure and government failure; How to pay for social programmes? The tax constraint; Financing healthcare; Financing social care; Financing education; Financing income security; Financing housing; Rationing scarce resources: managing rising expectations; Do welfare states have a future?
Much has happened to the funding of social policy and the economy since the first edition of this book, especially in pensions and social care. In response, much of the book has been revised and all the figures and tables have been updated." "Understanding the Finance of Welfare has been designed to fit the needs of social policy student syllabuses where it has become an essential text. It is also important to students of public policy and economics and those training as teachers, medical students and social workers. But it will also be of interest to the general public because there is no more important political topic today than how social services are funded."--Jacket
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