TY  - BOOK
AU  - Mau,Steffen
TI  - The moral economy of welfare states: Britain and Germany compared 
SN  - 0415317541
AV  - HB99.3 .M34 2003
U1  - 330.12'6 
PY  - 2003///
CY  - London, New York
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Welfare economics
KW  - Welfare state
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Germany
N1  - Includes index; Includes bibliographical references: p. 208-231
N2  - 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
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0651/2003003812-d.html
ER  -