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The New Politics of Welfare : Social Justice in a Global Context

By Bill Jordan

Book information

Publisher
Sage Publications, Limited
Year
1999
ISBN
9780857026378, 9780761960225
LCC
98061178
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5217489 bytes)
Series
SAGE Politics Texts Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
273\273
Time added
2023-08-20 08:34:58
Social Justice

Description

This critical and highly topical introduction to the current debates and politics surrounding welfare reform in the United Kingdom and the United States explains the origins and main tenets of the new Blair-Clinton orthodoxy. Central to the book is an examination of this orthodoxy's appeal to the concept of social justice. Bill Jordan demonstrates how values derived from the family and voluntary associations are in danger of running counter to the more fundamental principles of liberal democracy and the requirements of transnational economic exchange. He links the new politics of welfare to liberal and communitarian theories of citizenship and social justice, and assesses the broader prospects for European social policy in

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