TY - BOOK AU - Rosner,Peter TI - The economics of social policy SN - 1840644966 AV - HN28 R67 2003 U1 - 303.3'72 22 PY - 2003/// CY - Cheltenham, UK, Northampton, MA, USA PB - E. Elgar KW - Social policy KW - Economic aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - This book demonstrates how instruments of economics can be usefully employed to analyse social policy. The merits and limits of social policy programmes are discussed as answers to problems of market societies. The author addresses such key issues as access to health services, pension programmes, unemployment, poverty and family support ER -