- 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 social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity
The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity
- Chapter:
- (p.59) Chapter Two The social division of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity
- Source:
- Welfare and wellbeing
- Author(s):
Tania Burchardt
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
This chapter explores the extract from Titmuss's lecture given in honour of Eleanor Rathbone, the champion of family allowances, at the University of Birmingham in 1955. It notes that this is one of the most influential aspects of Titmuss's work on welfare, in both academic and policy circles. It emphasises that the effect on the analysis of the distribution of contributions and benefits across social classes is an important implication of bringing fiscal and occupational welfare within the scope of ‘welfare’. It argues that the middle classes are the primary beneficiaries of fiscal and occupational welfare and shows that the effect of child tax allowances is to give three times as much to a high-earner with two children than to a low earner in similar circumstances.
Keywords: low earner, Eleanor Rathbone, family allowances, University of Birmingham, welfare, occupational welfare, middle classes, child tax allowances
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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