| Description |
300 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- Pt. 1. Theoretical approaches -- 2. Towards a 'new' social democracy -- 3. Neo-liberalism and social policy -- 4. Marxism and social welfare -- Pt. 2. Critical perspectives -- 5. Feminist critiques of social policy -- 6. Racism and social policy -- 7. Social policy and homosexuality -- 8. Postmodernism and social welfare: a critique -- Pt. 3. Issues and debates -- 9. Distributive justice and social policy -- 10. What's in a name? Poverty, the underclass and social exclusion -- 11. New Labour and managerialism: privatizing the welfare state? -- 12. Ageing: population and pensions -- 13. Children, social policy, and the state -- 14. Universalism or selectivism? The provision of services in the modern welfare state |
| Notes |
Previous ed.: 1997 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [275]-293) and index |
| Subject |
Welfare state -- Great Britain.
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Welfare state.
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Public welfare -- Great Britain.
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Social policy.
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Public welfare.
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001105
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| Author |
Lavalette, Michael.
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Pratt, Alan.
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| LC no. |
2001280000 |
| ISBN |
0761969527 |
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0761969535 paperback |
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