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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Howard Glennerster; Social Policy Association (Great Britain) |
| ISBN: | 9781847421098 1847421091 9781847421081 1847421083 |
| OCLC Number: | 286442337 |
| Description: | xvii, 245 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | 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? |
| Series Title: | Understanding welfare. |
| Responsibility: | Howard Glennerster. |
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"... a brilliant and lively textbook that students will enjoy. It makes the complex subject of financing welfare accessible to all those studying and working in the field". Ian Shaw, School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Nottingham "A key text for an introductory social policy module. An excellent combination of solid information and clear, approachable and up-to-date material." John English, School of Social Sciences, University of Paisley "... a total winner. provides interest and excellence throughout." SPA News "... very handy for hard-pressed social policy students. Recommended to all who are interested in knowing more about the social welfare world that we inhabit". Community Care Read more...

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- Public welfare -- Great Britain -- Finance.
- Public welfare -- Economic aspects -- Great Britain.
- Human services -- Great Britain -- Finance.
- Great Britain -- Social policy.
- Verzorgingsstaat.
- Overheidsuitgaven.
- Soziale Sicherung
- Finanzierung
- Gesundheitsfinanzierung
- Bildungsfinanzierung
- Sozialhilfe
- Wohngeld
- Sozialversicherungsfinanzierung
- Großbritannien
- Great Britain -- Social policy
- Social service -- Great Britain -- Finance
