Welfare States
A Response to John Veit–Wilson
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11636171 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles R Atherton (corresponding author), Charles Atherton |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 36 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 306-311 |
| Publication date | 2002-06-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Policy and Administration (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0144-5596 • E-ISSN: 1467-9515 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/1467-9515.00285 |
| OpenAlex | W2083403437 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
The article, “States of welfare: a conceptual challenge” (Veit–Wilson 2000) has received considerable attention. It suggested that the term “welfare state” had ceased to have sufficient analytical or descriptive usefulness. Here it is argued that it remains possible to distinguish those societies that have used the welfare state to reduce substantially the depth and incidence of poverty. It is suggested that Veit–Wilson seeks to limit the description “welfare state” to those societies that provide a guaranteed annual income and that this Rawlsian approach is too limiting and will not work in practice
Economic growth · Economics · Law and economics · Limit (mathematics · Limiting · Market economy · Neoclassical economics · Political science · Politics · Positive economics · Poverty · Public economics · Scope (computer science · Sociology · State (computer science · Welfare · Welfare state · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Law · Mathematics · Social Policy and Reform Studies
| Citations per year | 0.09 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2003 - 2014 (12) |
| Highly cited | No |