Role of universal benefits:
Discuss the role of universal benefits in addressing poverty across Scotland
Title: Discuss the role of universal benefits in addressing poverty across Scotland
Your answer must include reference to each of the following areas:
how is poverty measured?
who lives in poverty?
what is meant by universal and selective benefits?
a human rights perspective
poverty and stigma
the current economic climate
You must use the Harvard system of referencing
Useaful chapters:
Chapter: “Who Gets What? Slicing the Welfare Cake” (Blakemore and Griggs 2007)
Chapter: “Welfare Rights” (Hothersall and Bolger 2010)
Chapter: of McKendrick et al 2014