Adrian Sinfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 3888903 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Adrian Sinfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Adrian |
| FAMILY NAME | Sinfield |
| SIGNATURE | SINFIELD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Edinburgh |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 62 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 20 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 6 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1968 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Some Useful Sources
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Building Social Policies in Fiscal Welfare
The ways that social spending policies are run by fiscal welfare through the tax system remain relatively neglected, while the costs and impact of public expenditure are constantly under scrutiny. Mostly means-enhancing in contrast to much means-tested public spending, the costs of social tax reliefs are little examined, their distributional impact even less so. This article considers what is needed to provide a better basis for the development o…
Introduction
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The Centrality of Taxation to Social Policy
The article reviews the limited existing social policy literature on taxation and sets out a case for the incorporation of the study of taxation into the accepted remit of social policy. Social policy has historically been concerned with the services and benefits which flow from public expenditure, and people’s experiences of them, rather than with taxation, and the contributions by individual researchers have tended to remain marginal to the mai…
On ‘Bringing Corporate Welfare In’
Kevin Farnsworth deserves congratulations and thanks for expanding the analysis of the distribution of public resources. In scrutinising the limited data on public subsidies and other support to business, he opens up important issues highly relevant to the study of welfare, both nationally and comparatively. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on his paper and pose some questions that I hope he and others will pursue as this a…
Welfare
Strengthening the prevention of social insecurity
An important contribution to preventing social insecurity can be made by strong social security programmes that promote collective as well as personal security: in particular, they act as built‐in automatic stabilizers with social and political as well as economic benefits for the whole society. By contrast, weaker systems have a destabilizing effect built in that reduces their preventive effectiveness. The ways in which social security systems c…
Social security and prevention
Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice
Fighting Poverty, Inequality and Injustice
Foreword to ‘A Society for People’ by Peter Townsend
Peter Townsend reached 80 in April 2008. We thought it a particularly appropriate way to mark his outstanding contribution to the subjects of social policy and sociology by reprinting this essay published 50 years ago in the New Statesman . The title, ‘A Society for People’, identifies the dominant theme, not just for this paper, but for Peter's whole career
Preventing Poverty in the European Union
Preventive policies have to be an integral part of any strategy to bring about a significant and lasting reduction in poverty. Of course, lifting people out of poverty is also essential, but this can only be a part of the plan. Preventing poverty in the first place and then preventing its recurrence must form a clear and specific part of the strategy. This article begins by examining prevention within the anti-poverty strategies promoted by the E…
Child Poverty — A Persisting Challenge
Welfare and wellbeing
Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. Titmuss's work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the Briti…
Welfare and Wellbeing
This book brings together a selection of Richard Titmuss' important writings on a range of key social policy issues, together with commentary from experts in the field. The companion volume, Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard Titmuss on the National Health Service , is edited by Ann Oakley and Jonathan Barker (Policy Press, 2004).
The social division of welfare
Welfare and Wellbeing
Welfare and wellbeingRichard Titmuss's contribution to social policy
Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics (LSE) from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. Titmuss's work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the…
Benefits and Research in the Labour Market
‘Discussion of unemployment compensation by economists in the West is typically concerned with its negative aspects' (Micklewright, 1991, p. 419).’ ‘A richer view of the relationship between unemployment and the labour market enables recognition of ‘some of the ways in which [benefits] may have a positive, rather than a negative, impact’ (Atkinson and Micklewright, 1991, p. 1722).’ This paper builds on one presented in Karlstad in June 1996 where…
Tax Benefits in Non-State Pensions
The significance of the tax system in assisting the development and expansion of non-state pensions has received very little attention at a time when concern has been generally increasing over the costs of public social security programmes, and particularly their pension systems. However, the limited evidence available indicates that the amount of tax revenue foregone in promoting this particular form of saving can be considerable. The distributi…
The Sociology of Social Security
The Cost of High Unemployment
In response to R. A. B. Leaper's challenge in the last issue of this journal we present a report which we have just prepared for the BBC North‐East. We believe that a better understanding of the costs of high unemployment to the country is needed to inform decisions on how much we can afford to pay to tackle the problem. In the final section of the paper we show how this evidence can be of value in costing policy options. The last detailed costin…
Enfoques y desenfoques del desempleo
The Workless State
Journal Article The Workless State Get access The Workless State. Edited by BRIAN SHOWLER and ADRIAN SINFIELD. (Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1981. Pp. xvii + 267. £15.00 hardback, £4.95 paperback.) What Unemployment Means. By Adrian Srnfield. (Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1981. Pp. vii+ 167. £2.75.) Richard Morley Richard Morley University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 9…
Analyses in the Social Division of Welfare
Richard Titmuss's 'The Social Division of Welfare' has been neglected as a framework for assessing changes in social policy and society. The analytical, as opposed to the descriptive, value of the original essay becomes more evident, and more significant, when the relations between the social divisions of labour and welfare are examined in terms of the distribution of benefits and services through the public, fiscal and occupational systems; the …
Analyses in the Social Division of Welfare
Richard Titmuss's 'The Social Division of Welfare' has been neglected as a framework for assessing changes in social policy and society. The analytical, as opposed to the descriptive, value of the original essay becomes more evident, and more significant, when the relations between the social divisions of labour and welfare are examined in terms of the distribution of benefits and services through the public, fiscal and occupational systems; the …
The Centrality of Taxation to Social Policy
The article reviews the limited existing social policy literature on taxation and sets out a case for the incorporation of the study of taxation into the accepted remit of social policy. Social policy has historically been concerned with the services and benefits which flow from public expenditure, and people’s experiences of them, rather than with taxation, and the contributions by individual researchers have tended to remain marginal to the mai…
Tax Benefits in Non-State Pensions
The significance of the tax system in assisting the development and expansion of non-state pensions has received very little attention at a time when concern has been generally increasing over the costs of public social security programmes, and particularly their pension systems. However, the limited evidence available indicates that the amount of tax revenue foregone in promoting this particular form of saving can be considerable. The distributi…
Preventing Poverty in the European Union
Preventive policies have to be an integral part of any strategy to bring about a significant and lasting reduction in poverty. Of course, lifting people out of poverty is also essential, but this can only be a part of the plan. Preventing poverty in the first place and then preventing its recurrence must form a clear and specific part of the strategy. This article begins by examining prevention within the anti-poverty strategies promoted by the E…
Benefits and Research in the Labour Market
‘Discussion of unemployment compensation by economists in the West is typically concerned with its negative aspects' (Micklewright, 1991, p. 419).’ ‘A richer view of the relationship between unemployment and the labour market enables recognition of ‘some of the ways in which [benefits] may have a positive, rather than a negative, impact’ (Atkinson and Micklewright, 1991, p. 1722).’ This paper builds on one presented in Karlstad in June 1996 where…
Ten Years of The Institute
Building Social Policies in Fiscal Welfare
The ways that social spending policies are run by fiscal welfare through the tax system remain relatively neglected, while the costs and impact of public expenditure are constantly under scrutiny. Mostly means-enhancing in contrast to much means-tested public spending, the costs of social tax reliefs are little examined, their distributional impact even less so. This article considers what is needed to provide a better basis for the development o…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Strengthening the prevention of social insecurity
An important contribution to preventing social insecurity can be made by strong social security programmes that promote collective as well as personal security: in particular, they act as built‐in automatic stabilizers with social and political as well as economic benefits for the whole society. By contrast, weaker systems have a destabilizing effect built in that reduces their preventive effectiveness. The ways in which social security systems c…
The Cost of High Unemployment
In response to R. A. B. Leaper's challenge in the last issue of this journal we present a report which we have just prepared for the BBC North‐East. We believe that a better understanding of the costs of high unemployment to the country is needed to inform decisions on how much we can afford to pay to tackle the problem. In the final section of the paper we show how this evidence can be of value in costing policy options. The last detailed costin…
Ten Years of The Institute
Analyses in the Social Division of Welfare
Richard Titmuss's 'The Social Division of Welfare' has been neglected as a framework for assessing changes in social policy and society. The analytical, as opposed to the descriptive, value of the original essay becomes more evident, and more significant, when the relations between the social divisions of labour and welfare are examined in terms of the distribution of benefits and services through the public, fiscal and occupational systems; the …
The Workless State
Journal Article The Workless State Get access The Workless State. Edited by BRIAN SHOWLER and ADRIAN SINFIELD. (Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1981. Pp. xvii + 267. £15.00 hardback, £4.95 paperback.) What Unemployment Means. By Adrian Srnfield. (Oxford: Martin Robertson, 1981. Pp. vii+ 167. £2.75.) Richard Morley Richard Morley University of Durham Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 9…
Enfoques y desenfoques del desempleo
The Cost of High Unemployment
In response to R. A. B. Leaper's challenge in the last issue of this journal we present a report which we have just prepared for the BBC North‐East. We believe that a better understanding of the costs of high unemployment to the country is needed to inform decisions on how much we can afford to pay to tackle the problem. In the final section of the paper we show how this evidence can be of value in costing policy options. The last detailed costin…
The Sociology of Social Security
Tax Benefits in Non-State Pensions
The significance of the tax system in assisting the development and expansion of non-state pensions has received very little attention at a time when concern has been generally increasing over the costs of public social security programmes, and particularly their pension systems. However, the limited evidence available indicates that the amount of tax revenue foregone in promoting this particular form of saving can be considerable. The distributi…
Welfare and wellbeing
Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. Titmuss's work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the Briti…
Welfare and Wellbeing
This book brings together a selection of Richard Titmuss' important writings on a range of key social policy issues, together with commentary from experts in the field. The companion volume, Private Complaints and Public Health: Richard Titmuss on the National Health Service , is edited by Ann Oakley and Jonathan Barker (Policy Press, 2004).
The social division of welfare
Welfare and Wellbeing
Welfare and wellbeingRichard Titmuss's contribution to social policy
Richard Titmuss was Professor of Social Administration at the London School of Economics (LSE) from 1950 until his death in 1973. His publications on welfare and social policy were radical and wide-ranging, spanning fields such as demography, class inequalities in health, social work, and altruism. Titmuss's work played a critical role in establishing the study of social policy as a scientific discipline; it helped to shape the development of the…
Benefits and Research in the Labour Market
‘Discussion of unemployment compensation by economists in the West is typically concerned with its negative aspects' (Micklewright, 1991, p. 419).’ ‘A richer view of the relationship between unemployment and the labour market enables recognition of ‘some of the ways in which [benefits] may have a positive, rather than a negative, impact’ (Atkinson and Micklewright, 1991, p. 1722).’ This paper builds on one presented in Karlstad in June 1996 where…
Child Poverty — A Persisting Challenge
Preventing Poverty in the European Union
Preventive policies have to be an integral part of any strategy to bring about a significant and lasting reduction in poverty. Of course, lifting people out of poverty is also essential, but this can only be a part of the plan. Preventing poverty in the first place and then preventing its recurrence must form a clear and specific part of the strategy. This article begins by examining prevention within the anti-poverty strategies promoted by the E…
Foreword to ‘A Society for People’ by Peter Townsend
Peter Townsend reached 80 in April 2008. We thought it a particularly appropriate way to mark his outstanding contribution to the subjects of social policy and sociology by reprinting this essay published 50 years ago in the New Statesman . The title, ‘A Society for People’, identifies the dominant theme, not just for this paper, but for Peter's whole career
Fighting poverty, inequality and injustice
Fighting Poverty, Inequality and Injustice
Welfare
Strengthening the prevention of social insecurity
An important contribution to preventing social insecurity can be made by strong social security programmes that promote collective as well as personal security: in particular, they act as built‐in automatic stabilizers with social and political as well as economic benefits for the whole society. By contrast, weaker systems have a destabilizing effect built in that reduces their preventive effectiveness. The ways in which social security systems c…
Social security and prevention
On ‘Bringing Corporate Welfare In’
Kevin Farnsworth deserves congratulations and thanks for expanding the analysis of the distribution of public resources. In scrutinising the limited data on public subsidies and other support to business, he opens up important issues highly relevant to the study of welfare, both nationally and comparatively. I want to take advantage of this opportunity to reflect on his paper and pose some questions that I hope he and others will pursue as this a…
Some Useful Sources
An abstract is not available for this content so a preview has been provided. Please use the Get access link above for information on how to access this content
Building Social Policies in Fiscal Welfare
The ways that social spending policies are run by fiscal welfare through the tax system remain relatively neglected, while the costs and impact of public expenditure are constantly under scrutiny. Mostly means-enhancing in contrast to much means-tested public spending, the costs of social tax reliefs are little examined, their distributional impact even less so. This article considers what is needed to provide a better basis for the development o…
Introduction
An abstract is not available for this content. As you have access to this content, full HTML content is provided on this page. A PDF of this content is also available in through the 'Save PDF' action button
Political science (18 works) · Economics (14 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (13 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Public economics (10 works) · Market economy (8 works) · Welfare (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Business (6 works)