Social Welfare: Why and How? Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State Series

Originally published in 1980, Social Welfare: Why and How? is a collection of papers contributing to the subject of welfare philosophy, and to philosophising about and doing welfare. It advances emerging arguments concerning the growth grounds and uses of social welfare. The book is divided into two main sections, the first looks at the growth and the grounds of social welfare and the second looks at the practice of social welfare. The collection of papers provides a multi-disciplinary look at the subject through the lens of philosophy, social policy, social work and economics.

List of Contributors Introduction Part I: The Growth and the Grounds of Social Welfare 1. The Welfare State and ‘Post-Industrial’ Values 2. Needs, Welfare and Political Allegiance 3. The Market and Welfare Services: Remedial Values 4. The Rehabilitation of the Market in Social Policy 5. Choice, Markets, and Welfare 6. Needs and Welfare 7. Rights, Welfare and Stigma 8. Richard Titmus: Social Policy and Social Life 9. Altruism, Duty and the Welfare State Part II: Models of Welfare and the Practice of Welfare 10. Galbraith and Social Welfare 11. Helping the Disadvantaged 12. Respect or Persons and Social Work: Social Work as ‘Doing Philosophy’ 13. Procedural Fairness and Rationing the Social Services 14. ‘The Social Work Task’: A Rulebook for Social Work? 15. Personal Needs and Moral Dilemmas: Some Examples from Social Work Bibliography