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According to John Moore, Secretary of State for Social Services, human happiness is enhanced by government policies that help people ‘to be independent, to use their talents, to take care of their families and to achieve things on their own’. (Speech quoted in The Guardian, 2 October 1987.)
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Cole, T. (1986) Whose Welfare? (Tavistock).
George, V. and Wilding, P. (1976) Ideology and Social Welfare (Routledge & Kegan Paul).
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© 1991 David Barrat, Chris Brown, Tony Cole, Peter de la Cour, David Cutler and Karim Murji, Roger Gomm, Patrick McNeill
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McNeill, P. (1991). Theory of Welfare. In: Society Today 2. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12065-9_4
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