Theorising Welfare : Enlightenment and Modern Society.

By:

O'Brien, Martin

Contributor(s):

Penna, Sue

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Sage Publications, 1998.Description: 1 online resource (257 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781849208260
1849208263
1446279448
9781446279441
9786612337208
6612337206
1446239012
9781446239018
1282337203
9781282337206

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Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:

361.6

LOC classification:

HV51 .O27 1998

Other classification:

71.80

Online resources:

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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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.