First published in 1982, the authors of this book, one an economist and the other a specialist in social administration, look at the basic objectives of the various welfare services and from a systematic and comparative standpoint and subject these aims to rigorous analysis and discuss the underlying issues of social philosophy.

Thomas Wilson and Dorothy J. Wilson

Foreword. 1. The Welfare State: Its Meaning and its Development 2. Welfare Economics, Political Economy and the Welfare State 3. The Cash Transfers: An Account of the Schemes 4. Poverty and Selectivity 5. Cash Benefits in a Changing Economy 6. The Welfare State and the Health Services 7. The Personal Social Services 8. Assessment and Recommendations. Bibliography. General Index. Name Index.