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Klappentext This book addresses the concept of need and how needs can be, and are, met in western societies. Different models of welfare provision are examined both in theoretical terms and through two case studies: of models of pension provision and of the connection between the satisfaction of needs and electoral success for governments. This timely study makes an important contribution to the understanding of welfare and politics in advanced industrial western states. Zusammenfassung Addresses the concept of need and how needs can be! and are! met in western societies. This book examines different models of welfare provision both in theoretical terms and through two case studies: of models of pension provision and of the connection between the satisfaction of needs and electoral success for governments. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Alan Ware and Robert E Goodin Relative Needs - Robert E Goodin Universal Principles and Particular Claims - Peter Jones From Welfare Rights to Welfare States Rights, Needs and Community - Michael Freeden The Emergence of British Welfare Thought The Welfare State versus the Relief of Poverty - Brian Barry Models of Old-Age Pensions - Joakim Palme Needs, Services and Political Success Under the British Conservatives - Richard Parry Problems for the Mixed Economy of Welfare - Norman Johnson Meeting Needs in a Welfare State - Stein Kuhnle and Per Selle Relations Between Government and Voluntary Organizations in Norway Meeting Needs through Voluntary Action - Alan Ware Does Market Society Corrode Altruism?
