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‘Need’: A Sociological Myth
Author(s) -
Cummins Alex
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/j.1468-0270.1985.tb01705.x
Subject(s) - government (linguistics) , mythology , social welfare , sociology , welfare , social policy , public relations , public administration , economics , public economics , political science , law , history , philosophy , linguistics , classics
Welfare economists have long been bamboozled by cries of ‘need’ from social workers and employees of local government ‘services’ Alex Cummins, Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, New College, Durham, reveals how the subjective term ‘need’ has been misused by politically motivated professionals to lasso increased government expenditure intended to help the under‐privileged