'Need': A Sociological Myth |
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| Authors: | Alex Cummins |
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| Affiliation: | Alex Cummins is Senior Lecturer in Social Pohcy at New Col-ege Durham He gamed his BSc in social sciences from Len-don University and went on to lecture in Further and Hgher Education to people on professional courses, admmlstrators social workers health vlsltors and so on He has written artl-cles for professional Journals such as Community Care and Social Work Today |
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| Abstract: | 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 |
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