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Thane, Pat

 
9780582279520: The Foundations of the Welfare State (Longman Social Policy In Britain Series)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0582279526 ISBN 13: 9780582279520
Verlag: Routledge, 1996

Inhaltsangabe

The Foundations of the Welfare State has been completely revised and updated. The author integrates new research findings and reorientates the arguments of the book to give greater emphasis to the continuing importance of voluntary action and the role of women.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Pat Thane

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LONGMAN SOCIAL POLICY IN BRITAIN SERIES

Series Editor: Jo Campling

This series focuses on essential topics in social policy. Each title combines an analysis of the subject, a critical narrative of its main developments and an assessment of future trends. Uniquely, each book also provides a section of key documents and a comprehensive bibliography, making it an ideal text for students and lecturers.

REVIEWS OF THE FIRST EDITION

¿A splendidly brisk, thoughtful and well written account.¿
New Society

¿Its particular strengths in dealing with women, with international comparisons and with the first half of the twentieth century, will make it a welcome addition to the existing literature which it will complement ... she has added to our understanding of the origins of British welfare.¿
Journal of Social Policy

¿Inclusion of documentary evidence as well as tables of statutes and reports and bibliography makes this well written book a challenging, accessible gold-mine of information. Indeed a welcome addition to the ... series.¿
Nursing Times

Foundations of the Welfare State is a completely revised and updated version of the highly acclaimed first edition published in 1982. Since then dramatic changes in society and the nature of social problems which confront the welfare state have been paralleled by new approaches to the teaching of social policy. In this second edition the author integrates new research findings and reorientates the arguments of the book to give greater emphasis to the continuing importance of voluntary action and the role of women

Key features:

* Sets the development of the welfare state in its wider social, economic and political context.

* Contains international comparisons

* Emphasises the role of women in the making of social policy

Foundations of the Welfare State is essential reading for undergraduates taking courses in social policy, social history, social administration, health studies and those undertaking professional training in those areas.


Professor Pat Thane is Professor of Contemporary History at the University of Sussex.

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Verlag
Routledge
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0582279526
ISBN 13 
9780582279520
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Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
376
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