On the Frontlines of the Welfare State

Barry Goetz

ISBN 10: 1138124753 / ISBN 13: 9781138124752

Editore: Taylor and Francis, 2017

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Riassunto:

Although public safety agencies protect our well-being, they also shape social problems and community inequities.

Public safety protections promote what T.H. Marshall called "social rights" of equitable citizenship. Frontlines of Welfare State shows how public safety agencies function as welfare state agencies, responsible for a range of essential public functions including emergency service, criminal investigation, regulatory oversight and social service outreach. Furthermore, this volume shows how public safety agencies are being asked to absorb more social welfare functions amidst cut-backs in other areas of the welfare state. Two areas of public safety are examined: arson control and fire prevention, especially within the contexts of urban change and gentrification, and community policing, especially as a mechanism of expanding drug treatment service and prevention programs.

Facilitating a greater understanding of institutional biases within the state built around organizational structures, procedures and cultures and their impact on social outcomes, this original and exciting book will be of interest to researchers, practitioners and undergraduate and postgraduate students in the fields of Policing and Fire Control, Public Policy and Administration, Drugs and Substance Abuse and White Collar Crime.

Informazioni sull'autore: Barry Goetz is Associate Professor of Sociology at Western Michigan University.

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Titolo: On the Frontlines of the Welfare State
Casa editrice: Taylor and Francis
Data di pubblicazione: 2017
Legatura: HRD
Condizione: New