Rethinking the Welfare State: Government by Voucher (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780415337762)

Rethinking the Welfare State offers a comprehensive and comparative analysis of social welfare policy in an international context, with a particular emphasis on the US and Canada.

The authors investigate the claim that a decentralized delivery of government supported goods and services enables policy objectives to be achieved in a more innovative and efficient way, but at a lower cost. Secondly they examine the effectiveness of the voucher system as a solution to problematic welfare concerns. While this system has shown much promise in improving welfare, there have been problems for institutions unable to attract enough voucher-assisted consumers to ensure their survival.

In this context, the authors examine major social programmes such as food stamps, primary and secondary education, post-secondary education, labour market training, childcare, healthcare, legal aid, low-income housing, long-term care and pensions.

Author: Ronald J. Daniels,Michael J. Trebilcock
ISBN-10: 0415337763
ISBN-13: 9780415337762
Publisher: Routledge
Language: English
Published: 04/07/2005
Pages: 296
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.27lbs
Size: 9.62h x 6.16w x 0.84d