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The Class Struggle and Welfare: Social Policy under Capitalism
Author:
David Matthews
ISBN:
9789395474689
Binding:
Hardcover
Year:
2025
Pages:
232
Size:
15 x 23 x 2 cm
Weight:
445 grams
Price:
INR
1195
1076.00
About the Book
David Matthews argues that we must understand the welfare state as a dialectical phenomenon—a product of class struggle. Confronting the hypocritical rhetoric of politicians who castigate welfare beneficiaries as lazy and “workshy,” Matthews points to clear evidence that the welfare state is essential to the prosperity and health of capitalist economies. At the same time, in the Marxist tradition, Matthews moves well beyond an analysis of welfare as simply an instrument wielded by capitalism for its benefit, arguing that proof of the class struggle scars the surface of every welfare system.With chapters focusing on welfare issues, including social security, health, disability, housing, and education, Matthews examines historical and current developments in Britain as a basis for a wider understanding of the relationship between capitalism and welfare.
The Class Struggle and Welfare
shows that as welfare states grew exponentially throughout the advanced capitalist world over the course of a century, the intents, purposes and perceptions of the institution of welfare underwent a dialectical transformation. On the one hand, the services offered served to bolster capitalism. On the other hand, welfare systems in and of themselves were born of class struggle, and even as current welfare systems reflect the values and the needs of the capitalist arena, the influence and imprint of the working class is plain to see.
The Class Struggle and Welfare
ultimately looks to the future, arguing that the working class must consider an alternative type of welfare system—one which looks beyond the state and truly reflects the values of equality, solidarity, and community.
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