Poor relief or poor deal?
Subtitle: the social fund, safety nets, and social security
By: edited by Trevor Buck and Roger S. Smith
Contributors: Buck, Trevor; Smith, Roger
Series: Studies in cash & care; Cash & care
Publisher: Ashgate; Ashgate Publishing Limited
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hampshire, England; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Income maintenance programs; Public welfare; Income maintenance programs -- Great Britain; Public welfare -- Great Britain
Description: Poverty remains a widespread and debilitating phenomenon even in the so-called developed world. These papers consider the favourable and unfavourable aspects of social funds that can act as a bridge over a specific crisis whilst conveying a deep message regarding the deserving and undeserving poor.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [216]-226) and index