Paying For Welfare: Towards 2000 - Brossura

Glennerster, Howard

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0134420136 ISBN 13: 9780134420134

Casa editrice: Routledge, 1996

Riassunto

This is a third edition of a successful textbook that provides a contemporary account of how social services in the UK are paid for. The new edition brings the textbook up-to-date with its fast-moving subject area, explaining the finance of human services - health care, education, housing, social security a nd social care-through a review of the economic literature. It also gives an account of how the cash to pay for the services actually reaches schools, hospitals and social service departments, right from the start of the process, examining how government raises taxes, through to allocation of the funds. Both comprehensive and expertly written, this textbook will continue to feature as key reading for a variety of Social and Policy related courses.

Su questo libro

Contenuti:

1. Welfare and the State: Theories and Concepts

2. Mixed Modes of Finance

3. The Theoretical Basis for the State Funding of Services

4. Quasi - Markets for Welfare?

5. The Controlling Institutions

6. Setting the Limits at the Centre

7. Containing the Locals

8. Setting the Limits Locally

9. The Sources of Funds

10. Taxes

11. Fees and Charges

12. Charity and Giving

13. Financing the Services

14. Paying for Health Services

15. Paying for Personal Social Services

16. Paying for Education

17. Paying for Housing

18. Paying for Social Security

19. The Future: Towards 2000

20. Can We Afford the Welfare State?

Product Description:

This edition textbook gives an account of how social services in the UK are paid for. It explains the finance of human services health care, education, housing, social security and social care through a review of the economic literature. It also gives an account of how the cash to pay for the services actually reaches schools, hospitals and social service departments, right from the start of the process, examining how government raises taxes, through to allocation of the funds.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Routledge
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0134420136
• ISBN 13: 9780134420134
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 350