The moral economy of welfare states :
Mau, Steffen.
The moral economy of welfare states : Britain and Germany compared / - London ; New York : Routledge, c2003. - x, 238 p. ; - Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 208-231.
This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.
0415317541 9780415317542
Welfare economics.
Welfare state.
Great Britain.
Germany.
HB99.3 / .M34 2003
330.12'6 / MAU
The moral economy of welfare states : Britain and Germany compared / - London ; New York : Routledge, c2003. - x, 238 p. ; - Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfare ; .
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references: p. 208-231.
This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.
0415317541 9780415317542
Welfare economics.
Welfare state.
Great Britain.
Germany.
HB99.3 / .M34 2003
330.12'6 / MAU