Spatial Divisions of Welfare: The Geography of Welfare Benefit Expenditure and of Housing Benefit in Britain

被引:39
作者
Hamnett, Chris [1 ]
机构
[1] Kings Coll London, Dept Geog, London WC2R 2LS, England
关键词
Welfare policy; Housing benefit; Spatial divisions of welfare; UK; Welfare spending; DIVIDE; IMPACT;
D O I
10.1080/00343400802093813
中图分类号
F [经济];
学科分类号
020101 [政治经济学];
摘要
Hamnett C. Spatial divisions of welfare: the geography of welfare benefit expenditure and of housing benefit in Britain, Regional Studies. This paper examines the structure of state welfare expenditure in Britain. It argues that the geography of state welfare expenditure and its impacts have been relatively neglected given their importance in terms of state expenditure, regional distribution and spatial equality. It shows that welfare spending is a key component of government expenditure and that it has a distinct regional and local geography. The paper shows that there are distinct differences in the geographical incidence of different welfare benefits, some of which function to redistribute income from the South to the North of Britain and it focuses on the geography of housing benefit as an example of what has been termed 'spatial divisions of welfare'.
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