Crisis in Welfare?

Andrew Dilnot

Chapter 1 in Welfare and Values, 1997, pp 3-17 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract This chapter sets out some of the economic background to the debate about welfare. In Section 2 we describe current government spending, and trends in the post-war period, and look briefly at revenues. In Section 3 we examine the arguments for the existence of welfare provision. In Section 4 we consider the cost and other pressures on modern welfare states, and examine possible responses. Section 5 concludes.

Keywords: Welfare State; Government Spending; Support Ratio; Public Provision; Social Security Benefit (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1997
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-25547-4_1

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