num_pages: 403
description: Second edition of a widely used, and highly respected, readerComprehensively overhauled to make sure content remains at cutting edge of current arguments about welfareAlso retains all the classic readings, serving to give students a complete overview of the whole range of debatesEach section is now set in context by an editorial introduction, in addition to the overall introduction to the text.Priced competitivelyCan be used alongside Piersons third edition of Beyond the Welfare State?
language: English
title: The Welfare State: A Reader
titlecomplete: The Welfare State: A Reader
genres: Social Welfare, Politics
ratings_count: 38
publisher: Polity