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1 online resource (xi, 244 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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"This book re-examines early-twentieth-century British welfare economics in the context of the emergence of the welfare state. There are fresh views of the well-known Cambridge School of Sidgwick, Marshall, Pigou, and Keynes, by Peter Groenewegen, Steven G. Medema, and Martin Daunton. This is placed against a less well-known Oxford approach to welfare: Yuichi Shionoya explores its foundations in the idealist philosophy of T.H. Green; Roger E. Backhouse considers the work of its leading exponent, J.A. Hobson; and Tamotsu Nishizawa discusses the spread of this approach in Britain. Finally, the book covers welfare economics in the policy arena: Maria Cristina Marcuzzo and Atsushi Komine discuss Keynes and Beveridge, and Richard Toye points to the possible influence of H.G. Wells on Churchill and Lloyd George. A substantial introduction frames the discussion, and a postscript relates these ideas to the work of Robbins and subsequent developments in welfare economics"--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction: towards a reinterpretation of the history of welfare economics / Roger E. Backhouse and Tamotsu Nishizawa -- Part I. Cambridge Welfare Economics and the Welfare State -- 2. Marshall on welfare economics and the welfare state / Peter Groenewegen -- 3. Pigou's 'prima facie case': market failure in theory and practice / Steven G. Medema -- 4. Welfare, taxation and social justice: reflections on Cambridge economists from Marshall to Keynes Martin Daunton -- Part II. Oxford Ethics and the Problem of Welfare -- 5. The Oxford approach to the philosophical foundations of the welfare state / Yuichi Shionoya -- 6. J.A. Hobson as a welfare economist / Roger E. Backhouse -- 7. The ethico-historical approach abroad: the case of Fukuda Tamotsu Nishizawa -- Part III. Welfare Economics in the Policy Arena -- 8. 'The great educator of unlikely people': H.G. Wells and the origins of the welfare state / Richard Toye -- 9. Whose welfare state? Beveridge versus Keynes / Maria Cristina Marcuzzo -- 10. Beveridge on a welfare society: an integration of his trilogy / Atsushi Komine -- Part IV. Postscript -- 11. Welfare economics, old and new / Roger E. Backhouse and Tamotsu Nishizawa -- Index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History.
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Public welfare. |
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Great Britain. |
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History. |
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Welfare state -- Great Britain -- History.
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Welfare state. |
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Welfare economics -- History.
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Welfare economics. |
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Backhouse, Roger, 1951-
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Nishizawa, Tamotsu, 1950-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: No wealth but life. New York : Cambridge University Press, 2010 9780521197861 (DLC) 2009051344 (OCoLC)456170403 |
| ISBN |
9780511749902 (electronic book) |
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0511749902 (electronic book) |
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9780511744440 (electronic book) |
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0511744447 (electronic book) |
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9780521197861 |
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0521197864 |
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