Understanding the cost of welfare (third edition)

A substantial, authoritative, third edition of this important textbook about the impact of economic priorities and pressures on social policies at a time when neo-liberal arguments for reducing the burden of welfare are more dominant than ever before.

About the author

Howard Glennerster is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been an advisor to Her Majesty's Treasury and to the Secretary of State for Health. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Academician of the Social Sciences section of the Learned Societies.

Summary

A substantial, authoritative, third edition of this important textbook about the impact of economic priorities and pressures on social policies at a time when neo-liberal arguments for reducing the burden of welfare are more dominant than ever before.

Product details

• Authors: Howard Glennerster, Howard (Department of Social Administration Glennerster, Howard Glennester
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.05.2017
• EAN: 9781447334040
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3404-0
• No. of pages: 290
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 505 g
• Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series; Understanding Welfare: Social; Understanding Welfare: Social; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Wohlfahrtsökonomie