Helen Fawcett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4409146 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Helen Fawcett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Helen |
| FAMILY NAME | Fawcett |
| SIGNATURE | FAWCETT H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of York |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Social Inclusion Policy‐Making in Scotland: Assessing the ‘Capability–Expectations’ Gap
Focuses on social exclusion policy in Scotland under the new devolution arrangements
Social exclusion, social citizenship and de‐commodification: An evaluation of the adequacy of support for the unemployed in the European Union
This article examines government support for the unemployed and their families in the European Union and attempts to demonstrate why the debate concerning the adequacy of unemployment benefit is based on a partial understanding of the income packages available to the unemployed. Conventional methods of assessing the standard of unemployment insurance have focused on the benefits available to a single head of household rather than the resources av…
The Beveridge strait‐jacket: Policy formation and the problem of poverty in old age
In the late 1950s, the Labour Party devised a radical plan to reform the British welfare state. The policy document, National Superannuation: Labour's Policy for Security in Old Age, aimed to move away from the flat‐rate universalism of the Beveridge model of income maintenance and to institute an earnings‐related system of contributions and benefits. In comparative perspective, the development was of great significance since many European countr…
The privatisation of welfare: The impact of parties on the private/public mix in pension provision
The Conservative governments of 1979–95 have encouraged private sector pension provision to the extent that it covers two‐thirds of the British workforce. It is now possible to consider moving from the universal system of state provision laid down in the Beveridge scheme to a targeted system. Indeed, it has been suggested that the basic state pension should be abolished. However, if we consider the policy initiatives of the 1980s it would not see…
Social exclusion, social citizenship and de‐commodification: An evaluation of the adequacy of support for the unemployed in the European Union
This article examines government support for the unemployed and their families in the European Union and attempts to demonstrate why the debate concerning the adequacy of unemployment benefit is based on a partial understanding of the income packages available to the unemployed. Conventional methods of assessing the standard of unemployment insurance have focused on the benefits available to a single head of household rather than the resources av…
The Beveridge strait‐jacket: Policy formation and the problem of poverty in old age
In the late 1950s, the Labour Party devised a radical plan to reform the British welfare state. The policy document, National Superannuation: Labour's Policy for Security in Old Age, aimed to move away from the flat‐rate universalism of the Beveridge model of income maintenance and to institute an earnings‐related system of contributions and benefits. In comparative perspective, the development was of great significance since many European countr…
The privatisation of welfare: The impact of parties on the private/public mix in pension provision
The Conservative governments of 1979–95 have encouraged private sector pension provision to the extent that it covers two‐thirds of the British workforce. It is now possible to consider moving from the universal system of state provision laid down in the Beveridge scheme to a targeted system. Indeed, it has been suggested that the basic state pension should be abolished. However, if we consider the policy initiatives of the 1980s it would not see…
Social Inclusion Policy‐Making in Scotland: Assessing the ‘Capability–Expectations’ Gap
Focuses on social exclusion policy in Scotland under the new devolution arrangements
The privatisation of welfare: The impact of parties on the private/public mix in pension provision
The Conservative governments of 1979–95 have encouraged private sector pension provision to the extent that it covers two‐thirds of the British workforce. It is now possible to consider moving from the universal system of state provision laid down in the Beveridge scheme to a targeted system. Indeed, it has been suggested that the basic state pension should be abolished. However, if we consider the policy initiatives of the 1980s it would not see…
The Beveridge strait‐jacket: Policy formation and the problem of poverty in old age
In the late 1950s, the Labour Party devised a radical plan to reform the British welfare state. The policy document, National Superannuation: Labour's Policy for Security in Old Age, aimed to move away from the flat‐rate universalism of the Beveridge model of income maintenance and to institute an earnings‐related system of contributions and benefits. In comparative perspective, the development was of great significance since many European countr…
Social exclusion, social citizenship and de‐commodification: An evaluation of the adequacy of support for the unemployed in the European Union
This article examines government support for the unemployed and their families in the European Union and attempts to demonstrate why the debate concerning the adequacy of unemployment benefit is based on a partial understanding of the income packages available to the unemployed. Conventional methods of assessing the standard of unemployment insurance have focused on the benefits available to a single head of household rather than the resources av…
Social Inclusion Policy‐Making in Scotland: Assessing the ‘Capability–Expectations’ Gap
Focuses on social exclusion policy in Scotland under the new devolution arrangements
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism (3 works) · Labour economics (3 works) · Market economy (3 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (3 works)