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Not Only the Poor: Middle Classes and Welfare State
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Not Only the Poor: Middle Classes and Welfare State
Current price: $140.00
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Not Only the Poor: Middle Classes and Welfare State
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Originally published in 1987
explores the self-interested involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state, particularly the middle class. Using evidence from Britain, America, and Australia, they show that the non-poor were crucial in the founding of the welfare state, and in all three countries the non-poor benefit extensively from key welfare programmes, including those ostensibly targeted on the poor. Goodin and Le Grand conclude that the beneficial involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state is probably inevitable, but this may be no bad thing, depending on the alternative and on the nature of the egalitarian ideal adopted.