Originally published in 1976, Freedom and the Welfare State, critiques the Welfare State in Britain and analyses the relationship between freedom and welfare.

Acknowledgements

1. Three Traditions

2. Liberty and Liberation

3. The True Nature of 'the Social Being'

4. 'Alternative Realities'

5. Freedom and Social Control

6. 'Perfect Respectfulness' and 'Painful Nearness'

7. The Ethics of Intervention

8. Flattery and Dumb Service

9. The Origins of Social Engineering

10. Two Concepts of Welfare

11. Punishment, Treatment and Control

12. Citizenship and Social Work

13. Family - Support or Suppression?

14. Work: An Essential Characteristic of Man?

15. 'A Decent and Secure Life'

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