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Authoritarianism seems to be emerging as the default mode of global capitalism. In the absence of reliable economic growth, and with working-class incomes in long-term stagnation, both liberal and social democratic parties have lost support in many countries, and authoritarian regimes have come to power in several. But poor people in the USA, UK and Europe have long experienced coercion, being forced to accept low-paid, insecure work or face benefits sanctions. As a growing proportion of workers have come to rely on supplements such as tax credits, the working class has been divided, and opportunistic authoritarian politicians have mobilised the anxiety and resentment of those on the margins of poverty. This article argues that only an active civil society, with voluntary agencies uncompromised by involvement in coercive policies, along with universal, unconditional Basic Incomes for all citizens, can reverse these trends.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- New Preface for the Reissue of Social Theory and Social Policy -- Original Title Page -- Original Copyright Page -- Foreword -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Social Theory and The Development of Social Administration -- 1: A Search for Paternity Amongst the Founding Fathers -- Sociology and Problems of Social Welfare -- Durkheim and Moral Welfare -- Spencer and Social Welfare -- Marx and Social Reform -- Weber and State Welfare -- Summary -- 2: The Origins of Social Administration -- The Problem of Poverty: Early Theoretical Perspectives -- 'Blue-Book' Sociology and The Empirical Response to Theory -- Deterrence and Therapy-The Administrative Compromise -- Social Policy and The Economic Market -- Summary -- Part Two: The Uses of Social Theory -- 3: Ideology, Rhetoric and Evidence -- Normative Models of Social Welfare -- Relative Definitions of Social Need -- Social Criticism and The Use of Evidence -- Democracy and Social Justice -- Summary -- 4: Exchange and Stigma -- Social Services as Exchange Systems -- Public Services as Exchange Systems -- Dependency, Compassion and Stigma -- A Model of Social Welfare -- 5: Some Current Problems in Social Policy -- New Priorities in Policy-Making and Research -- The Contribution of the Social Scientist in Positive Discrimination Programmes -- Citizenship and Dependency -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

Shift in evaluation research emphasis from programs to personnel policies; examples from three levels of government; US.