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Title Social policy : a conceptual and theoretical introduction / edited by Michael Lavalette and Alan Pratt
Published London : Sage Publications, 1997

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Description 274 pages ; 24 cm
Contents Machine derived contents note: Introduction - Michael Lavalette and Alan Pratt -- Section One: Theoretical Perspectives -- Introduction -- Social Democratic Perspectives on the Welfare State - Kevin Kearns -- Neo-Liberalism and the Social Policy - Alan Pratt -- Marx and the Marxist Critique of Welfare - Michael Lavalette -- Section Two: Radical Critiques -- Feminist Critiques of Social Policy - Kath Woodward -- Racism and Social Welfare - Laura Penketh and Yasmin Ali -- Social Policy and Sexuality - Angela R Wilson -- New Social Movements and Social Policy - Tony Fagan and Phil Lee -- A Case Study of the Disability Movement -- Section Three: Debates And Issues -- Social Justice and Social Policy - Andros Loizou -- Citizenship and Welfare - Mike Wilson -- Universalism or Selectivism - Alan Pratt -- The Provision of Services in the Modern Welfare State -- Poverty and ̀€The Underclass' - Tony Novak -- Quasi-Markets and the Mixed Economy of Welfare - Gerry Mooney
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [249]-265) and index
Notes Also issued online
SUBJECT Commentary (C.D. Howe Institute). Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2009184526
Subject Public welfare -- Great Britain.
Public welfare.
Social policy.
Welfare state.
SUBJECT Great Britain -- Social policy. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001105
Author Lavalette, Michael.
Pratt, Alan.
LC no. 97065846
ISBN 0803975325
0803975333 (paperback)