The Ethics of Welfare : Human Rights, Dependency and Responsibility
Hartley. Dean
Bok Engelsk 2004 · Electronic books.
| Utgitt | Bristol : : Policy Press, , 2004.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (225 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - THE ETHICS OF WELFARE; Contents; List of figures, tables and boxes; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; Introduction; 1. Human rights and welfare rights: contextualising dependency and responsibility; 2. Dependency, justice and the ethic of care; 3. Responsibility and welfare: in search of moral sensibility; 4. Popular discourses of dependency, responsibility and rights; 5. Fostering a human rights discourse in the provision of social care for adults; 6. Administering rights for dependent subjects; 7. Agency, 'dependency' and welfare: beyond issues of claim and contribution?. - 8. Ethical techniques of the self and the 'good jobseeker'9. New Labour, citizenship and responsibility: family, community and the obscuring of social relations; 10. Reconceptualising dependency, responsibility and rights; Index. - Britain's New Labour government claims to support the cause of human rights. At the same time, it claims that we can have no rights without responsibility and that dependency on the state is irresponsible. The ethics of welfare offers a critique of this paradox and discusses the ethical conundrum it implies for the future of social welfare.
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| Emner | Great Britain - Social policy
Public welfare - Moral and ethical aspects Public welfare - Great Britain Dependency (Psychology) -- Great Britain. Vis mer... Human rights -- Great Britain.
Public welfare -- Moral and ethical aspects -- Great Britain. Responsibility -- Great Britain. Social Sciences Social Welfare & Social Work - General Social Welfare & Social Work velferd etikk ansvar menneskerettigheter avhengighet rettigheter |
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| ISBN | 1861345585. - 1861345623
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