On the Frontlines of the Welfare State: How the Fire Service and Police Shape Social Problems

by Barry Goetz

Although public safety agencies protect our well-being, they also shape social problems and community inequities.

Public safety protections promote what T.H. Marshall called "social rights" of equitable citizenship. Frontlines of Welfare State shows how public safety agencies function as welfare state agencies, responsible for a range of essential public functions including emergency service, criminal investigation, regulatory oversight...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138124753
• ISBN13: 9781138124752
• Release Date: January 2017
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"