The Strategy of Equality: Redistribution and the Social Services (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State)

Le Grand, Julian

ISBN 10: 1138597449 / ISBN 13: 9781138597440

Published by Routledge, 2018

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204 pages. 8.50x5.43x0.60 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Strategy of Equality: Redistribution and the Social Services (Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State)
• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1138597449
• ISBN 13: 9781138597440
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.54 kilograms

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1982 The Strategy of Equality examines public expenditure on the social services as a strategy for promoting social equality. Today there is a widespread belief that the strategy has worked and that public spending on the social services primarily benefits those less well off. However, there have been few attempts to examine whether this belief is founded in reality. This book attempts to rectify this. Examining four areas of social policy: health care, education, housing, and transport, the book looks at the distribution of public expenditure and the ‘outcome’ of that expenditure, as well as the implications for various conceptions of equality.

About the Author

Sir Julian Ernest Michael Le Grand, FBA is an academic specialising in public policy. He is the Richard Titmuss Professor of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and was a senior policy advisor to former Prime Minister Tony Blair.