Social Security and Society (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State)

George, Victor

ISBN 10: 1138600601 / ISBN 13: 9781138600607

Published by Routledge, 2018

About this Item

pp. 162.

Seller Inventory # 370447570

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Social Security and Society (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138600601
• ISBN 13: 9781138600607
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

Originally published in 1973, Social Security and Society examines of the dominant forces that form the British social security system and argues that social security provision is not the result of concern felt by the dominant groups in society. Instead the book suggests that it is the result of the threat posed to the status quo by the growing political power of the working class, and the realization by the dominant groups, that social security benefits are functional to economic growth and political stability. The book covers poverty, low pay, unemployment and equality, and demonstrates how social security measures reflect and reinforce the inequalities of the economic and social system – inequalities which are accepted, legitimised and approved by society.

About the Author

Victor George