Introduction; The Easterlin Paradox and the dominance of the economic model; Well-being and social value: 'I shall not come to your funeral';
Part One: Welfare: Welfare and the economic model: 'being precisely wrong'; Social capital: the missing link?; Players, members, spectators and bystanders: benefits for non-participants;
Part Two: Well-being: Social value and well-being: paying tribute; How social value works; Institutions and culture;
Part Three: Public policy: Welfare economics and public policy: 'sputtering out'; Social value and public policy: making citizens; Justice, equality and social value; Conclusion.
Bill Jordan is Professor of Social Policy at Plymouth and Huddersfield Universities.He has held visiting chairs in Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Slovakia and Hungary. He worked for 20 years in the UK social services, and is the author of 25 books on social policy, social theory, politics and social work.
"This work offers a provocative and compelling critique of economic
orthodoxy, which illuminates the growing gap between welfare and
well-being in modern society. Challenging conventional ideas about
the good life, Jordan's masterful and wide-ranging analysis
marshals a powerful call for the reconstruction of social value."
Neil Gilbert, Chernin Professor of Social Welfare, University of
California, Berkeley
"An essential read for those who care about forming a rational
public policy that takes into account not only economic incentives,
but also personal relationships, environmental surroundings and
other non-material aspects of our lives that are too easily
dismissed." Amir Paz-Fuchs, Assistant Professor, Ono Academic
College, Israel
"This is a reasoned yet passionate critique of contract and public
choice theory and charts a way forward for a progressive social
policy." Professor Ian Gough, Department of Social and Policy
Sciences, University of Bath
"Bill Jordan writes in a lucid and elegant way about the
limitations of material conceptions of well-being and of the
contract model of welfare. Jordan covers a wide array of material
and approaches, all seamlessly woven together to provide an easily
accessible but profound insight into the delivery of public
services in Britain today. His account of the way marketized social
relations become corrosive of civic character is both chilling and
timely." Louise Haagh, University of York
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