The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state / Yascha Mounk.
The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state / Yascha Mounk.
The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state / Yascha Mounk.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
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G 2018/0106
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English
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Physical content
280 pages ; 22 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: The Age of Responsibility -- The origins of the Age of Responsibility -- The welfare state in the Age of Responsibility -- The denial of responsibility -- Reasons to value responsibility -- A positive conception of responsibility -- Conclusion: Beyond the Age of Responsibility.
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Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, [2017]
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Massachusetts
Date Published
[2017]
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Summary
A novel focus on "personal responsibility" has transformed political thought and public policy in America and Europe. Since the 1970s, responsibility--which once meant the moral duty to help and support others--has come to suggest an obligation to be self-sufficient. This narrow conception of responsibility has guided recent reforms of the welfare...
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The Age of Responsibility : luck, choice, and the welfare state / Yascha Mounk.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2018/0106
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74VKVGABwA0y
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVGABwA0y
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ISBN
067454546X
9780674545465 (hardcover)
DDC
361.65
MMS ID
991024154709902626
