- Title Pages
- Sources of extracts
- Introduction
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Part 1 The family, poverty and population -
Chapter One The nation's wealth -
Chapter Two The summation of poverty -
Chapter Three A measurement of human progress -
Chapter Four The position of women -
Part 2 The ‘welfare state’ -
Chapter One The welfare state: Images and realities -
Chapter Two The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity -
Chapter Three War and social policy -
Chapter Four Unfinished business -
Part 3 Redistribution, universality and inequality -
Chapter One The role of redistribution in social policy -
Chapter Two Welfare state and welfare society -
Chapter Three Social welfare and the art of giving -
Part 4 Power, policy and privilege -
Chapter One The irresponsible society -
Chapter Two The need for a new approach -
Part 5 International and comparative dimensions -
Chapter One The international perspective -
Chapter Two Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: The role of social welfare -
Part 6 The subject of social policy -
Chapter One The subject of social administration -
Chapter Two What is social policy? -
Chapter Three Values and choices - Bibliography
- Index
The irresponsible society
The irresponsible society
- Chapter:
- (p.141) Chapter One The irresponsible society
- Source:
- Welfare and wellbeing
- Author(s):
Adrian Sinfield
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This chapter opens with a challenge to ‘socialists — to re-define the inherent illogicalities and contradictions in the managerial capitalist system’. Titmuss explores the impact of the ‘the changing concentration of economic and financial power’. The chapter notes that the power of pension funds and insurance companies and their ‘irresponsible decisions’ are issues which Richard Titmuss is particularly well-equipped to understand from his own early work in insurance. It further notes that it is a theme that Titmuss frequently returned to in examining what he calls the ‘threatening concentrations of power and privilege’ which, whether consciously or not, ‘increasingly become the arbiters of welfare and amenity for larger sections of the community’.
Keywords: socialists, managerial capitalist system, financial power, pension funds, insurance companies, power, welfare, amenity
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- Title Pages
- Sources of extracts
- Introduction
-
Part 1 The family, poverty and population -
Chapter One The nation's wealth -
Chapter Two The summation of poverty -
Chapter Three A measurement of human progress -
Chapter Four The position of women -
Part 2 The ‘welfare state’ -
Chapter One The welfare state: Images and realities -
Chapter Two The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity -
Chapter Three War and social policy -
Chapter Four Unfinished business -
Part 3 Redistribution, universality and inequality -
Chapter One The role of redistribution in social policy -
Chapter Two Welfare state and welfare society -
Chapter Three Social welfare and the art of giving -
Part 4 Power, policy and privilege -
Chapter One The irresponsible society -
Chapter Two The need for a new approach -
Part 5 International and comparative dimensions -
Chapter One The international perspective -
Chapter Two Developing social policy in conditions of rapid change: The role of social welfare -
Part 6 The subject of social policy -
Chapter One The subject of social administration -
Chapter Two What is social policy? -
Chapter Three Values and choices - Bibliography
- Index
