Reclaiming individualism : perspectives on public policy /
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| Author / Creator: | Spicker, Paul. |
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| Imprint: | Bristol UK ; Chicago, IL : Policy Press, 2013. |
| Description: | vii, 208 p. : ill. ; 24 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/9159763 |
Table of Contents:
- List of tables and figures
- About the author
- Introduction: Six impossible things before breakfast
- Part 1. Individualism
- 1.1. Individualism
- Moral individualism
- Methodological individualism
- Substantive individualism
- 1.2. Individualism and collectivism
- Individual and collective discourses
- Part 2. The moral dimensions of individualism
- 2.1. Individual value and individual rights
- Dignity, respect and rights
- Individual rights
- The equality of persons
- 2.2. Autonomy and self-determination
- Choice
- Self-development
- 2.3. Personal responsibility
- Reward and punishment
- Individualism and moral judgments
- 2.4. Possessive individualism
- Property
- Self-ownership
- 2.5. Individual welfare
- Individualism and individual welfare
- Part 3. Methodological individualism and rational self-interest
- 3.1. Utility and choice
- Utility
- Preference and choice
- Choice and well-being
- 3.2. Self-interest
- Incentives and motivation
- 3.3. Rationality
- Indifference curves
- The maximisation of utility
- Some methodological problems
- 3.4. The Pareto principle
- The problem in inequality
- Part 4. Substantive policy
- 4.1. Choice and the market
- How markets reconcile choices
- The limits to markets
- Market failure
- 4.2. More of the market: one solution for everything
- Structural adjustment
- The price mechanism
- Rationing by price
- 4.3. Personalised services
- Personalised approaches
- Personalisation in practice
- 4.4. The individualisation of social policy
- Part 5. Individuals and collective action
- 5.1. Individual and social choices
- 5.2. Collective action
- Collective action and the individual
- The tragedy of the commons
- 5.3. Solidarity and voluntary collective action
- Social protection
- Redistribution and solidarity
- 5.4. Public services
- Non-market failure
- Public services and the individual
- Part 6. Government and public policy
- 6.1. The individual versus the state
- The minimal state
- The liberal state
- 6.2. The role of government
- Democracy
- The welfare state
- 6.3. The moral agenda
- Translating moral purposes into practice
- The objections to government action
- 6.4. Social policy and the individual
- Reclaiming individualism: individualist public policies
- Index
- Index of names
