Richard Titmuss; Welfare and Society

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-vii

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2. Introduction

   1. Introduction

      • David Reisman

      Pages 1-26

3. The Status of Social Policy

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 27-27

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   2. The Definition of Social Policy

      • David Reisman

      Pages 29-42

   3. Some Methodological Considerations

      • David Reisman

      Pages 43-51

   4. Part One: Evaluations and Extensions

      • David Reisman

      Pages 52-87

4. Selectivity

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 89-89

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   2. Stigma

      • David Reisman

      Pages 91-97

   3. Part Two: Evaluations and Extensions

      • David Reisman

      Pages 98-109

5. Universalism

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. Universalism I: Social Costs and Social Benefits

      • David Reisman

      Pages 113-122

   3. Universalism II: Integration and Involvement

      • David Reisman

      Pages 123-136

   4. Universalism III: Planned Redistribution

      • David Reisman

      Pages 137-157

   5. Part Three: Evaluations and Extensions

      • David Reisman

      Pages 158-200

6. The Failure of the Market

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 201-201

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   2. The Failure of the Market I: Quality

      • David Reisman

      Pages 203-216

   3. The Failure of the Market II: Choice

      • David Reisman

      Pages 217-229

   4. The Failure of the Market III: Quantity

      • David Reisman

      Pages 230-236

   5. The Failure of the Market IV: Price

      • David Reisman

      Pages 237-240

   6. Part Four: Evaluations and Extensions

      • David Reisman

      Pages 241-267

Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of Social Policy and Administration. He made a valuable contribution to social philosophy through his attempt to integrate welfare into its broad social context. In this revised edition of his well-known book, Professor Reisman relies on the whole of Titmuss's work, unpublished as well as published, to explain and evaluate the theories of this provocative but often difficult author.

• evaluation
• Government
• Integration
• philosophy
• social policy

'Like Durkheim's and Weber's, Titmuss' reputation as one of the great innovators in the social sciences will survive and grow. His achievement will be the subject of continuous review and reappraisal. David Reisman's book is greatly to be welcomed as one of the first contributions to that debate and as an exciting and original work in its own right'. - Robert Pinker

'This was a brave book to write....is brightly written and eminently readable'. - T.H.Marshall, Journal of Social Policy

DAVID REISMAN is Professor of Economics in the University of Surrey. He is the author of Adam Smith's Sociological Economics, Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society, Galbraith and Market Capitalism, State and Welfare, The Economics of Alfred Marshall, Alfred Marshall: Progress and Politics, The Political Economy of James Buchanan, Theories of Collective Action, Alfred Marshall's Mission, The Political Economy of Health Care, Market and Health, Crosland's Future: Opportunity and Outcome, Anthony Crosland: The Mixed Economy and Conservative Capitalism.

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