Economic Theory Welfare And The State

Author : Athanasios Asimakopulos,Robert D. Cairns
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 291 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1991-02-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780773563032

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Economic Theory, Welfare, and the State by Athanasios Asimakopulos,Robert D. Cairns Pdf

Economic Theory, Welfare, and the State looks at how economic theory can be used to investigate and analyse the operations of market economies and to provide the basis for improvements in government policy-making. The collection begins with two chapters on the history of economic thought, followed by an exploration of possible areas of conflict between the interests of groups and individuals, and an insightful blend of economic history and economic theory that sheds light on the Canadian government's policy of settling the Prairies by providing land grants. Also included are a critical analysis of rational expectations models and their use in econometrics, an examination of why money should be treated as a public good, and two contributions on international trade theory. Two chapters deal with the problem of maintaining satisfactory levels of employment and three chapters examine different aspects of public pensions. Among the contributors to this volume are a former teacher of Weldon's, his fellow students and colleagues, and former students. They are Louis Ascah, Athanasios Asimakopulos, Clarence Lyle Barber, Kenneth E. Boulding, John Burbidge, Robert D. Cairns, John S. Chipman, John H. Dales, Christopher Green, Peter Howitt, Murray C. Kemp, Gideon Rosenbluth, Robin Rowley, Thomas K. Rymes, David Schwartzman, Dan Usher, and Shigemi Yabuuchi.

Author : Anthony Forder,Terry Caslin,Geoffrey Ponton,Sandra Walklate
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-07-20
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780429883026

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Theories of Welfare by Anthony Forder,Terry Caslin,Geoffrey Ponton,Sandra Walklate Pdf

Originally published in 1984 Theories of Welfare looks at theories of social administration developed in different social science disciplines. The book ranges widely and gives concise coverage to the historical and intellectual background in which the theory emerged, the implicit or explicit value assumptions, and account of the most important theoretical concepts and the major criticisms of them, an indication of the relevance to social administration and a guide to further reading.

Author : N. A. Barr
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Grande-Bretagne - Politique économique - 1945-
ISBN : 0804722056

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The Economics of the Welfare State by N. A. Barr Pdf

Author : Thomas Wilson,Dorothy J. Wilson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2021-11-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000477979

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The Political Economy of the Welfare State by Thomas Wilson,Dorothy J. Wilson Pdf

In the early 1980s, the welfare state, for too long regarded as a notable contribution to the establishment of a humane social order, had over the previous decade come under increasing attack. Some of its critics, especially in the UK and the USA, maintained that it had failed to deal satisfactorily with the problem of poverty. Others held that it was over-elaborate, created a psychology of dependence and imposed costs that needed to be reduced as part of a policy of general economic recovery. In a number of countries, cuts had already been imposed or were now contemplated. In this situation it was crucially important to direct attention once more to the basic objectives of the various welfare services from a systematic and comparative standpoint. Originally published in 1982, the authors of this book, one an economist and the other a specialist in social administration, subjected these aims to rigorous analysis and discuss the underlying issues of social philosophy. They then attempt to assess the various methods adopted for their attainment in Britain and comment on those adopted in the USA and in some continental European countries. Although the authors reject the more extreme assertion that the welfare state has been a failure, they point to the need to relate some of the policies followed more clearly to the basic objectives. A number of proposals for reform are put forward which would imply some change of emphasis and should permit a simplification of existing over-complex arrangements.

Author : William J. Baumol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UCAL:B4358804

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Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State by William J. Baumol Pdf

Author : William Jack Baumol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1967
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:459486852

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Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State by William Jack Baumol Pdf

Author : Nicholas Barr
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 411 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780199297818

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Economics of the Welfare State by Nicholas Barr Pdf

The fifth edition of this successful textbook discusses the different parts of the welfare system and, in particular, cash benefits, the health service, and education. The text is organized into four parts: Concepts, Cash benefits, Benefits in kind, and Epilogue.

Author : N. A. Barr
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Page : 524 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Distributive justice
ISBN : UCSC:32106013618092

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The Economics of the Welfare State by N. A. Barr Pdf

Argues that the welfare state is necessary on grounds of efficiency as well as equity, and that its major efficiency role makes it relevant to the whole population. This edition takes into account reforms since 1987 in social security, the NHS and education and the Thatcher/Reagan governments.

Author : Michael Albert,Robin Hahnel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 454 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-03-14
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781400887057

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Quiet Revolution in Welfare Economics by Michael Albert,Robin Hahnel Pdf

This ambitious work presents a critique of traditional welfare theory and proposes a new approach to it. Radical economists Robin Hahnel and Michael Albert argue that an improved theory of social welfare can consolidate and extend recent advances in microeconomic theory, and generate exciting new results as well. The authors show that once the traditional "welfare paradigm" is appropriately modified, a revitalized welfare theory can clarify the relationship between individual and social rationalitya task that continues to be of interest to mainstream and nonmainstream economists alike. Hahnel and Albert show how recent work in the theory of the labor process, externalities, public goods, and endogenous preferences can advance research in welfare theory. In a series of important theorems, the authors extend the concept of Pareto optimality to dynamic contexts with changing preferences and thus highlight the importance of institutional bias. This discussion provides the basis for further analysis of the properties and consequences of private and public enterprise and of markets and central planning. Not surprisingly, Hahnel and Albert reach a number of conclusions at odds with conventional wisdom. Originally published in 1990. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Stein Ringen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 351 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2017-09-04
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781351476706

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The Possibility of Politics by Stein Ringen Pdf

The Possibility of Politics explores the power of political reform, specifically reform of the modern welfare state. Can reform be effective if limited to cautious and piecemeal interventions that avoid radicalism and revolution? Can it also avoid unwanted consequences? Will the welfare state survive in the future?Stein Ringen views the welfare state as a large-scale experiment in political reform. To ask if the welfare state works is to ask if political reform is possible at all. By its nature, the welfare state is reform on a grand scale, for it attempts to change the circumstances individuals and families live under without changing and disrupting society itself. But is it realistic to believe a population can get together, set goals and then try to meet these goals through collective actions, specifically public policies, without causing unintended consequences and destroying the state in the process? The welfare state attempts, idealistically, to redistribute welfare without reshaping the economic processes that cause inequities in the first place. Ringen considers how well redistribution has met the test in terms of political legitimacy, its intended effects on poverty and inequality, as well as its undesired and unintended effects on economic efficiency and the quality of private life. Ultimately, does the welfare state work? Further, is the welfare state a good thing?In considering these questions, The Possibility of Politics should be of particular value to academics and advanced students interested in political theory, public economics, social administration, and political sociology.Stein Ringen is professor of sociology and social policy at Oxford University and a Fellow of Green College. He teaches social and political theory and research methodology for graduates in social policy, sociology, politics, economic and social history and other subjects.

Author : Roger E. Backhouse,Tamotsu Nishizawa
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2010-03-22
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780521197861

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No Wealth But Life by Roger E. Backhouse,Tamotsu Nishizawa Pdf

This book offers a fresh perspective on the history of welfare economics in Britain, arguing that it needs to be considered alongside the movement toward a welfare state. It is argued that there were two competing approaches to welfare economics, associated with the Universities of Cambridge and Oxford, based on different philosophical foundations.

Author : Robert E. Goodin
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1988-08-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0691022798

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Reasons for Welfare by Robert E. Goodin Pdf

Robert Goodin passionately and cogently defends the welfare state from current attacks by the New Right. But he contends that the welfare state finds false friends in those on the Old Left who would justify it as a hesitant first step toward some larger, ideally just form of society. Reasons for Welfare, in contrast, offers a defense of the minimal welfare state substantially independent of any such broader commitments, and at the same time better able to withstand challenges from the New Right's moralistic political economy. This defense of the existence of the welfare state is discussed, flanked by criticism of Old Left and New Right arguments that is both acute and devastating. In the author's view, the welfare state is best justified as a device for protecting needy--and hence vulnerable--members of society against the risk of exploitation by those possessing discretionary control over resources that they require. Its task is to protect the interests of those not in a position to protect themselves. Communitarian or egalitarian ideals may lead us to move beyond the welfare state as thus conceived and justified. Moving beyond it, however, does not invalidate the arguments for constantly maintaining at least the minimal protections necessary for vulnerable members of society.

Author : William J. Baumol
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:915878694

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Welfare Economics and the Theory of the State by William J. Baumol Pdf

Author : Mario Baldassarri,Luigi Paganetto,Edmund S. Phelps
Publisher : Springer
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349246496

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Equity, Efficiency and Growth by Mario Baldassarri,Luigi Paganetto,Edmund S. Phelps Pdf

In the post-war period, spending on social security, health and education has grown continuously in the leading industrialized countries. The considerable size of this spending as a percentage of GDP together with the ageing population raise doubts on the sustainability of welfare spending. These doubts have been accompanied in recent years by an increasing awareness of the allocational inefficiencies and the distributive inequalities caused by the provision of some social services. The welfare state should therefore be reconstructed not only through readjustment of the social security system but also a change in unemployment benefits and the taxation of workers to avoid the perverse spiral that may be produced in the future by cuts in welfare benefits, growing unemployment and the need to further reduce the social security services.

Author : Ian Gough
Publisher : MacMillan Publishing Company
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015015287785

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The Political Economy of the Welfare State by Ian Gough Pdf