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

The New Politics of Welfare: Social Justice in a Global Context
ISBN-10
0761960228
ISBN-13
9780761960225
Category
Political Science
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
1998-09-28
Publisher
SAGE
Author
Bill Jordan

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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