Social Policy, Political Economy and the Social Contract

1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-4473-5261-7
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 190 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 295 g

In this challenging and original study, Jonathan Wistow positions social policy within political economy and social contract debates.

Focusing on individual, intergenerational and societal outcomes related to health, place and social mobility in England, he draws on empirical evidence to show how the social contract produces long-standing, highly patterned and inequitable consequences in these areas. Globalisation and the political economy simultaneously contribute to the extent and nature of social problems and to social policy’s capacity to address them effectively.

Applying social contract theory, this book shows that society needs to take ownership of the outcomes it produces and critically interrogates the individualism inherent within the political economy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Wistow, Jonathan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Theorie, Politische Philosophie
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. The political economy

3. Globalisation and devolution

4. Place: uneven geographies and spatial inequalities

5. Health and health inequalities

6. Social mobility

7. The intergenerational contract

8. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Wistow, Jonathan
Jonathan Wistow is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University.

Jonathan Wistow is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Durham University.