| Forming Nation, Framing Welfare Contributor(s): Lewis, Gail (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415181305 ISBN-13: 9780415181303 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $16.10 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1998 Annotation: This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of the "the family," it traces some of the crucial historical roots of contemporary social problems and social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between the pat and the present, it shows that social problems are socially constructed in specific contexts and that there are diverse and competing ways of telling history. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Social Science | Social Work - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare |
| Dewey: 361.650 |
| LCCN: 97-46855 |
| Series: Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity |
| Physical Information: 0.73" H x 7.42" W x 9.66" (1.60 lbs) 304 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of 'the family', it traces some of the crucial historical roots and desires that fed the development of social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between past and present, it shows that social problems are socially constructed in specific contexts and that there are diverse and competing ways of telling history. |
