| Theorising Welfare: Enlightenment and Modern Society Contributor(s): O′brien, Martin (Author), Penna, Sue (Author) |
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ISBN: 0803989067 ISBN-13: 9780803989061 Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd OUR PRICE: $208.05 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1998 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Political Science | History & Theory - General - Political Science | Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare - Social Science | Social Work |
| Dewey: 362.509 |
| LCCN: 98060080 |
| Physical Information: 256 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: ′ Theorising Welfare is very well written and painstakingly clear. It is an accessible and original textbook on the welfare state and the idea of welfare. There is nothing available like it in terms of its scope and intellectual sweep′ - Scott Lash, University of Lancaster There are many interpretations of welfare and welfare states, each providing insights into different aspects of welfare and pointing to different possibilities for its future. Theorising Welfare provides a guide to these debates through an examination of seven theoretical perspectives - liberalism, Marxism, neo-liberalism, post-structuralism, political economy, political ecology and postmodernism - situating them within their histor |