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The Ethics of Welfare - Human Rights, Dependency and Responsibility (Hardcover)
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The Ethics of Welfare - Human Rights, Dependency and Responsibility (Hardcover)
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Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of
human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no
rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is
irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this
paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the
future of social welfare. The book explores the extent to which
rights to welfare are related to human inter-dependency on the one
hand and the ethics of responsibility on the other. Its intention
is to kick start a fresh debate about the moral foundations of
social policy and welfare reform. The book: explores the concepts
of dependency, responsibility and rights and their significance for
social citizenship; draws together findings from a range of recent
research that has investigated popular, political, welfare provider
and welfare user discourses; discusses, in a UK context, the
relevance of the recent Human Rights Act for social policy;
presents arguments in favour of a human rights based approach to
social welfare. The book is essential reading for anyone concerned
about the future of welfare. It is aimed at students and academics
in Social Policy, Social Work, Soc
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