Solidarity in Health and Social Care in Europe (Paperback, Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002)

OF 'SOLIDARITY' IN UK SOCIAL WELFARE Here then, perhaps, is a British version of solidarity in social welfare, but early there are strong tensions between the powerfully liberal individualistic strands of the British understanding of the functions of the state and the socialistic or communitarian tendency of a commitment to universal welfare provision. In the search for the roots of this understanding of welfare we shall survey, fitst, the historical background to these tensions in some early British political philosophers, starting with Hobbes and ending with Mill. We then consider the philosophical and social influences on the Beveridge Report itself, and we will trace the emergence of the philosophy of the welfare state in the era following the Second World War. Finally we consider the contemporary debate, as it relates to the 'Third Way' thinking of New Labour. 2. A mSTORICAL SKETCH In the previous section we observed that the philosophy underlying the Beveridge Report could be described as 'liberal collectivism'. What are the historical antecedents of this strange amalgam of individualism and collectivism? Within the short scope of this chapter, any account of the philosophical history must be little more than a sketch, but we can perhaps understand most debates in British socio-political thought as a continuing dialogue with the well known claim of Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan that all political institutions are founded on egoistic motives.

General

Imprint:	Springer
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Philosophy and Medicine, 69
Release date:	March 2011
First published:	2002
Editors:	W. Arts
Editors-in-chief:	R. Ter Meulen
Editors:	R Muffels
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	506
Edition:	Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2002
ISBN-13:	978-90-481-5887-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies Books > Medicine > General issues > Health systems & services > General
LSN:	90-481-5887-7
Barcode:	9789048158874

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