Rights and Deprivation (Hardcover)

In this book Lesley Jacobs challenges the view, now prevalent in North America and Western Europe, that the primary function of a nation's social policy should be to provide support only for the poorest people instead of social services accessible to all its citizens. In an interesting and distinctive argument he develops and defends the idea that access to basic rights such as education, health care, adequate housing, and income support can provide a solid moral foundation for redistributive state welfare programmes, maintaining that any nation which purports to take rights to basic liberties seriously must also be fully committed to the principles of the welfare state. Dr Jacob's thesis addresses a pressing political and philosophical problem at the heart of the policies and structure of the modern state.

General

Imprint:	Clarendon Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	August 1993
Authors:	Lesley A. Jacobs (Assistant Professor of Political Science)
Dimensions:	218 x 148 x 18mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-827767-5
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social issues > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > Welfare & benefit systems Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Social law > General Books > Humanities > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political control & freedoms > Human rights > General Books > Law > Laws of other jurisdictions & general law > Constitutional & administrative law > Citizenship & nationality law > General Books > Philosophy > Topics in philosophy > Ethics & moral philosophy > General Promotions
LSN:	0-19-827767-9
Barcode:	9780198277675

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