Understanding state welfare social justice or social exclusion? - Lund, Brian (SAGE, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references and index
Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 -- State Welfare: Distributive Principles; Chapter 2 -- The 'Invisible Hand' and Emerging State; Chapter 3 -- The Rise of Collectivism; Chapter 4 -- Collectivism Contained; Chapter 5 -- The Welfare State and Social Justice; Chapter 6 -- Redistributive State Welfare?; Chapter 7 -- State to Market: Market to State; Chapter 8 -- New Labout, Social Exclusion and Social Justice; Bibliography; Index
Lund (Manchester Metropolitan U.) explores some of the theories and principles underlying the government provision of services whether in the narrow US sense of emergency and temporary aid or the broader European sense that includes such permanent services as health care and housing