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Not Only the Poor : The Middle Classes and the Welfare State - Robert E Goodin

Not Only the Poor

The Middle Classes and the Welfare State

By: Robert E Goodin (Editor), Julian Le Grand (Editor)

Hardcover | 12 July 2018 | Edition Number 1

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Originally published in 1987 Not Only the Poor explores the self-interested involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state, particularly the middle class. Using evidence from Britain, America, and Australia, they show that the non-poor were crucial in the founding of the welfare state, and in all three countries the non-poor benefit extensively from key welfare programmes, including those ostensibly targeted on the poor. Goodin and Le Grand conclude that the beneficial involvement of the non-poor in the welfare state is probably inevitable, but this may be no bad thing, depending on the alternative and on the nature of the egalitarian ideal adopted.

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