Analysing the History of British Social Welfare

Compassion, Coercion and Beyond

AvJonathan Parker

Häftad, Engelska, 2024

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This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies by exploring the interconnections between policies and practice throughout history. It challenges tacitly accepted arguments that favour particular approaches to welfare, such as conditionality and eligibility. It provides examples of enduring social assumptions which influence the way we perform social welfare, such as the equivocal position of women in social welfare and the unintended consequences of reforms such as Universal Credit. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2024-04-09
Mått:156 x 234 x 18 mm
Vikt:394 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:248
Förlag:Bristol University Press
ISBN:9781447363705

Utforska kategorier

Miljöekonomi inom Ekonomi och Ledarskap
Sociologi inom Samhälle och politik
Offentlig förvaltning inom Samhälle och politik

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Jonathan Parker is Professor of Society and Social Welfare at Bournemouth University and Honorary Visiting Professor at the University of Stavanger.

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“Parker has provided an insightful analysis of the history of the welfare state. In exploring why welfare policies follow certain paths, Parker offers a critical insight into welfare states development and its multiple potential futures.” Lee Gregory, University of Nottingham

Innehållsförteckning

1. Concepts, Continuities and Critique2. A Brief History of British Social Welfare3. Philosophical Binaries and Normative Judgements4. Chocolate, Flowers and Social Welfare Reform5. War: The Paradoxical Crucible of Welfare Reform6. Gendered Perspectives on Welfare7. Piacular Austerity: Sacrificing the Poor for the Rich8. Universal Credit vs. Universal Basic Income: Strange Bedfellows?9. Containing the Radicals and Regulating the ‘Other’: A History of the Strange Case of Social Work10. W(h)ither Welfare After Brexit and COVID-19?