Theorising Welfare : Enlightenment and Modern Society.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Sage Publications, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9781849208260
- 1849208263
- 1446279448
- 9781446279441
- 9786612337208
- 6612337206
- 1446239012
- 9781446239018
- 1282337203
- 9781282337206
- Public welfare -- History
- Welfare state -- History
- Public welfare -- Philosophy
- Welfare state -- Philosophy
- Aide sociale -- Histoire
- État providence -- Histoire
- Aide sociale -- Philosophie
- État providence -- Philosophie
- SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Poverty & Homelessness
- Public welfare
- Public welfare -- Philosophy
- Welfare state
- Welfare state -- Philosophy
- Verzorgingsstaat
- Theorieën
- Politique sociale
- Économie du bien-être
- Aide sociale -- Great Britain
- Etat providence -- Histoire
- 361.6
- HV51 .O27 1998
- 71.80
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Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; INTRODUCTION; PART ONE: ENLIGHTENMENT AND PROGRESS; 1 -- Liberalism; 2 -- Marxism; PART TWO: AGAINST ENLIGHTENMENT: QUESTIONS ON POWER AND KNOWLEDGE; 3 -- Neo-liberalism; 4 -- Poststructuralism; PART THREE: POST-ENLIGHTENMENT PROBLEMATICS; 5 -- Political Economy; 6 -- Political Ecology; 7 -- Postmodernism; CRITIQUES AND CONCLUSIONS; References; Name Index; Subject Index.
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, po.
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