Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks

By looking at contemporary concerns about access to social welfare,Welfareexamines how social problems involve different principles of needs, rights and entitlements for users of welfare services. This book looks at how the pressure to contain public spending has led to concerns with setting priorities, targeting and rationing in the provision of public services. These are examined through an exploration of the construction of health, social care and need, "dangerous" youth, "deviant families" and the "underclass."