This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.
| ISBN: | 9780415758598 |
| Publication date: | 28th April 2014 |
| Author: | Steffen Mau |
| Publisher: | Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 238 pages |
| Series: | Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State |
| Genres: |
Welfare and benefit systems Social and political philosophy |
This book investigates why people are willing to support an institutional arrangement that realises large-scale redistribution of wealth between social groups of society. Steffen Mau introduces the concept of 'the moral economy' to show that acceptance of welfare exchanges rests on moral assumptions and ideas of social justice people adhere to. Analysing both the institution of welfare and the public attitudes towards such schemes, the book demonstrates that people are neither selfish nor altruistic; rather they tend to reason reciprocally.
The Moral Economy of Welfare States features in the following genres: Welfare and benefit systems, Social and political philosophy
The Moral Economy of Welfare States is available in Paperback, Hardback
The Moral Economy of Welfare States was written by Steffen Mau and published by Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis Ltd
The Moral Economy of Welfare States has 238 pages
Yes it is part of Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State series
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