The Welfare State presents a distinctive and original theoretical model for understanding the basis of welfare in society, based on a series of basic propositions.
"Drawing on a wide-ranging literature from across the social sciences, Spicker develops his own model for understanding the basis of welfare in society. Through a series of propositions, Spicker develops a theory based on the idea of people as social actors with social rights an…
Social Policy Review 25: Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2013
by O'Neill, Maggie, Farnsworth, Kevin, Ramia, Gaby, Price, Debora, Snell, Carolyn, Craig, Gary, Harkness, Susan, Irving, Zoë, Betzelt, Sigrid, Bothfeld, Silke, Chai, Sabrina, Freundt, Anders, Hawkins, Ben, Heins, Elke, Horsfall, Dan, Jeroslow, Phyllis, Jo, Nam K., Kvist, Jon, Livsey, Lynne, O'Connor, Julia S., Roemer-Mahler, Anne, Shpaizman, Ilana, Sinfield, Adrian, Spicker, Paul, Straubinger, Simon Grundt, Thomson, Harriet
The field of social policy has a rich history but policies on the ground are undergoing intensive change. Governments around the world are responding to political, economic and financial pressures, many of them linked to the global economic crisis. National agendas typically hav…