Unsettling Welfare: The Reconstruction of Social Policy Contributor(s): Hughes, Gordon (Editor), Lewis, Gail (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0415181348 ISBN-13: 9780415181341 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $56.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 1998 Annotation: "Unsettling Welfare: The Reconstruction of Social Policy" explores the remaking of the welfare state in the UK at the end of the twentieth century. Treating the welfare state as a social and political construction, it examines the break-up and reconstruction of the relationship between the state and social welfare. The book combines analyses of the wider conflicts, trends and dynamics affecting social welfare with more focused studies of a range of policy areas: housing, education, probation, social care, health and income maintenance. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Policy |
Dewey: 361.65 |
LCCN: 97-48928 |
Series: Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity |
Physical Information: 0.89" H x 7.43" W x 9.65" (2.16 lbs) 414 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Unsettling Welfare addresses the changing relationship between social welfare, its 'recipients' and the state. In particular, the book explores the direction and the impact of the reforms of the welfare state that took place during the 1980s and 1990s. By focusing on specific fields of social welfare and social control, including health, education, housing, income maintenance, social services and criminal justice, Unsettling Welfare identifies general trends and the ways in which these are manifested. |