What's wrong with social security benefits? - Brossura

Spicker, Paul

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ISBN 10: 1447337328 ISBN 13: 9781447337324

Casa editrice: Policy Press, 2017

Riassunto

In this thought-provoking book, Paul Spicker challenges us to rethink social security benefits. Focusing on the UK system, he puts forward a case for reform, arguing that most of the criticisms made of social security benefits—that spending is out of control, that it has led to mushrooming dependency, that it fails to get people into work, and that the system is riddled with fraud—are ill-conceived. Addressing these misconceptions, Spicker assesses the real problems with the system, problems that derive from its size, its complexity, the expectation that benefits agencies should know everything, and the determination to personalize benefits for millions of people. But more than this, Spicker’s stimulating introduction to social security in Britain outlines the potential for its reform.

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Informazioni sugli autori

Paul Spicker is the Grampian Chair of Public Policy at Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. He is the author of many books, including Reclaiming Individualism: Perspectives on Public Policy and Social Policy: Theory and Practice, both published by Policy Press, and he also writes on social security and social policy at blog.spicker.uk.

Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University and a Fellow of CROP, the International Social Science Council’s Comparative Research Programme on Poverty. His published work includes sixteen books, several shorter works and over 80 academic papers.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Policy Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2017
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1447337328
• ISBN 13: 9781447337324
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 124
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile