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This book explores the role of government and the state in the contemporary world and, considering a range of theories and evidence, discusses views about government responsibility for social welfare services. Most governments in the world - including many that are autocratic or authoritarian - have taken responsibility for social policy and elected to develop services in health, education and social security. Applying political theory to social policy, this book seeks to address a set of key questions: What responsibilities do governments have towards their populations? What ought they do and what not? How can they do things better?

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""Spicker has written a scholarly and engaging account of the largely neglected but important exploration of political theory to social policy, which will provide valuable reading for all students of social policy."" Martin Powell, University of Birmingham

Spicker has written a scholarly and engaging account of the largely neglected but important exploration of political theory to social policy, which will provide valuable reading for all students of social policy. Martin Powell, University of Birmingham

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Paul Spicker is Emeritus Professor of Public Policy at the Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen. His research has included studies of poverty, need, disadvantage and service delivery. His books on social policy for Policy Press have discussed poverty, social security and the theory of social policy, and include a leading textbook, Social Policy: Theory and Practice.

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