The sixth edition of this successful textbook discusses elements of the welfare system,
including cash benefits, the health service and education. The text argues that the welfare …

A basic income would be an income paid periodically and unconditionally to every man,
woman and child as a fundamental right of citizenship and without reference to employment …

In 1996, the United States Social Security fund is huge and in trouble. The United Kingdom
has experimented with the voluntary contracting out of pensions to the private sector. Chile …

Presenting a truly comprehensive history of Basic Income, Malcolm Torry explores the
evolution of the concept of a regular unconditional income for every individual, as well as …

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Current debates concerning the future of social security provision in advanced capitalist
states have raised the issue of a citizen's basic income (CBI) as a possible reform package …

List of tables and figures vi The structure of the book viii Terminology ix About the author xiv
Acknowledgements xv Foreword xvii Preface xx one Imagine… 1 two How did we get to …

In examining the sex of beneficiaries of income maintenance programmes, several country-
specific studies suggest a pattern of segregation between women and men in access to …

Over the past 25 years, the number of individuals in receipt of long term contributory
sickness benefits has trebled. In the last decade alone, the figure has doubled. At its start, on …

Social Security in Britain provides a comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the social
security system in Britain. As well as covering the historical and comparative context, the …