Conclusion and Bibliography

To conclude, social policy and the introduction of welfare came after the war when Beveridge published his report which was very influential for the welfare state. There is not one agreed definition of poverty, however this essay has looked at the concepts of relative and absolute poverty. There are three contrasting theories that look to explain poverty and ways to help the issue of poverty through various social policy. The New Right approach believes that there should be minimum state input and that welfare should be privatised, whilst the social democratic approach state the opposite. They believe that in order to help people out the poverty trap, the state must support these individuals and not single them out through mean testing the welfare state. Feminists, have pointed out how there is a feminisation of poverty. They argue that due to women being discriminated at work and having childcare responsibilities then this makes them more subjected to poverty than males.

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