The moral economy of welfare states : Britain and Germany compared /

By:

Mau, Steffen

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Routledge/EUI studies in the political economy of welfarePublication details: London ; New York : Routledge, c2003.Description: x, 238 pISBN:

0415317541
9780415317542

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

330.12'6 MAU

LOC classification:

HB99.3 .M34 2003

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Summary: 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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Monograph & others	CBN ENUGU BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available	31008100623020
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available	31008100032420
Monograph & others	CBN HQ Library General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.2	Available	31008100032438
Monograph & others	CBN IBADAN BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c1	Available	31008100732631
Monograph & others	CBN LAGOS LAISON OFFICE LIBRARY General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c. 1	Available	31008100799192
Monograph & others	CBN LAGOS LEARNING CENTRE LIBRARY General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available	31008100850714
Monograph & others	CBN MINNA BRANCH LIBRARY General Stacks	Non-fiction	330.12'6 MAU (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.1	Available	31008100393954

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.

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