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Understanding the Cost of Welfare
Howard Glennerster
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The challenge of meeting the growing cost of welfare is one of the most pressing issues facing governments of our time. Glennerster's authoritative Understanding the cost of welfare assesses what welfare costs and how it is funded sector-by-sector. The book is written in a clear, accessible style, ideally suited to both teaching and study, and the general reader. This substantially revised third edition includes: * Discussion of the many funding issues now facing welfare states, such as demographic change, tax resistance, slow growth and austerity programmes * The theory and practice of devolved tax ... Read more
The challenge of meeting the growing cost of welfare is one of the most pressing issues facing governments of our time. Glennerster's authoritative Understanding the cost of welfare assesses what welfare costs and how it is funded sector-by-sector. The book is written in a clear, accessible style, ideally suited to both teaching and study, and the general reader. This substantially revised third edition includes: * Discussion of the many funding issues now facing welfare states, such as demographic change, tax resistance, slow growth and austerity programmes * The theory and practice of devolved tax ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Policy Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447334040
SKU
V9781447334040
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99-50
About Howard Glennerster
Howard Glennerster is Professor Emeritus of Social Policy at the London School of Economics and Political Science. He has been an advisor to Her Majesty's Treasury and to the Secretary of State for Health. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and an Academician of the Social Sciences section of the ... Read more
Reviews for Understanding the Cost of Welfare
This new edition could not be more timely or policy-relevant as policymakers around the world confront the challenges of adequately funding the welfare state. Jane Waldfogel, Professor of Social Work and Public Affairs, Columbia University This book provides an expert, wide ranging review of the key evidence and arguments from economics as they relate to Social Policy. Because ... Read more