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Categories, Categorizations and the Political Economy of Welfare*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2009

John Carrier  and
Ian Kendall
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Abstract

Marxist accounts of welfare have been characterized by a critical view of social administration and an uncritical view of the concept of the ‘welfare state’. In this paper both these views are questioned. We explore the problems associated with basing analyses of welfare on the ‘welfare state’ and the limitations of certain criticisms of the ‘social administration tradition’. We conclude that whatever the merits of the more substantive elements in Marxist accounts of welfare, there are problems associated with their assumptions about social administration and the ‘welfare state’.

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Journal of Social Policy , Volume 15 , Issue 3 , July 1986 , pp. 315 - 335
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1986

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