Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century: Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies

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David Byrne (School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham) Sally Ruane (De Montfort University)

Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century

Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies

David Byrne (School of Applied Social Sciences, University of Durham), Sally Ruane (De Montfort University)

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Policy Press
28 June 2017

Welfare & benefit systems; Marxism & Communism; Welfare economics; Taxation

Amid urgent debates around the function of welfare in the post-industrial 21st Century, and how we pay for it, David Byrne and Sally Ruane deploy the concepts and analytical tools of Marxist political economy to better understand recent developments, and the possibilities they present for social change.

By: David Byrne (School of Applied Social Sciences University of Durham), Sally Ruane (De Montfort University)
Imprint: Policy Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 129mm,
ISBN: 9781447336532
ISBN 10: 1447336534
Pages: 168
Publication Date: 28 June 2017
Audience: Professional and scholarly , General/trade , Undergraduate , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

David Byrne is Emeritus Professor of Applied Social Sciences at Durham University. His work explores the consequences of the post-industrial transition and the implications of the complexity frame of reference for understanding the social world. Sally Ruane works in the School of Applied Social Sciences at De Montfort University, Leicester, and is Deputy Director of the Health Policy Research Unit. Her research interests lie in health service reform, forms of NHS privatisation and taxation.

Reviews for Paying for the Welfare State in the 21st Century: Tax and Spending in Post-Industrial Societies

Fiscal crisis, class...and taxation. This very welcome book provides a clear analysis of the class-based nature of tax systems in post-industrial capitalism. Professor Nick Ellison, University of York This is a timely revisit to O'Connor's seminal analysis of the welfare state in a capitalist system. David Byrne and Sally Ruane make an important argument that there is a better alternative to the financial system that is currently destroying social cohesion and feeding rising inequality. Taxation is part of the solution, not the problem. Philip Haynes, Professor of Public Policy, University of Brighton