European Foundations of the Welfare State

by Anthony B. Atkinson (Foreword), Franz-Xaver Kaufmann (Author), John Veit-Wilson (Translator)

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  2014

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  While social welfare programs, often inspired by international organizations, are spreading throughout the world, the more far-reaching notion of governmental responsibility for the basic well-being of all members of a political society is not, although it remains a feature of Europe and the former British Commonwealth.