ABSTRACT

This re-issued work, first published in 1980, represents a work of normative political philosophy which argues positively for the centrality of the obligation to meet the various demands of social need in our society, and will be of particular interest to students of politics, philosophy, social politics and administration.

Bringing the insights of analytical Political Philosophy to bear on the issues of social welfare and welfare provision, the authors discuss such issues as the basis of the sense of stigma involved in the receipt of welfare benefits, the right of welfare and the concepts of ‘community’.

chapter 1|13 pages

1Political philosophy and social welfare

part |1 pages

Part I Needs, welfare and social policy

chapter 2|13 pages

2Needs, rights and welfare

chapter 3|11 pages

3Human needs, objectivity and morality

chapter 4|33 pages

4The moral basis of welfare provision

part |1 pages

Part II Needs, welfare and political processes

chapter 5|17 pages

5Needs, interests and power

chapter 7|15 pages

True and false needs

chapter 8|21 pages

Markets, needs and welfare

part |1 pages

Part III Community, welfare and social policy

chapter 10|17 pages

10Markets, community and welfare