Welfare, Right and the State: A Framework for Thinking: 17 (Routledge Advances in International Political Economy) - Hardcover

Levine, David P.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0415771994 ISBN 13: 9780415771993

Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

This book develops a creative theoretical framework for understanding the welfare state: the theory of the state and the idea of welfare connected to autonomy.

Written by a well-known expert of political economy and welfare, it explores the nature of welfare and connects welfare not to basic needs, but to what Levine refers to as the capacity to lead the self-made life, considering different ways of grounding the claim that providing for the welfare of citizens might be considered a duty of the state.

Among the ideas explored are:

• shared membership in a community
• rights
• compassion
• and security.

Welfare, Right and the State will be of interest to academics and advanced students working in the field of social administration, sociology, political science, economics, philosophy, international studies and social work.

About this title

About the Author

David P. Levine is Professor of Economics in the Graduate School of International Studies at the University of Denver, USA.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0415771994
• ISBN 13: 9780415771993
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 154