Moral Economy of Welfare States

Name: Moral Economy of Welfare States
Author: Steffen Mau

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Paperback, 238 blz. | Engels

Taylor & Francis | 1e druk, 2014

ISBN13: 9780415758598

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Taylor & Francis 1e druk, 2014 9780415758598

Onderdeel van serie Routledge Studies in the Political Economy of the Welfare State

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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.