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An Intellectual History of British Social Policy: Idealism versus Non-Idealism

Autor John Offer
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 ian 2006
The history of social policy is emerging as an area of growing interest to both students and researchers. This topical book charts the period from the 1830s to the present day, providing a fresh analysis of the relationship between social theory and social policy in the UK.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781861345318
ISBN-10: 1861345313
Pagini: 232
Dimensiuni: 156 x 234 x 15 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: Bristol University Press
Colecția Policy Press
Locul publicării:United Kingdom

Cuprins

Acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction

1. 'Virtue' and the poor law in Britain and Ireland in the 1830s
2. Spencer and a liberal road to welfare: the eclipse of a vision
3. Free agent or 'conscious automaton'? The individual in Spencer's social theory
4. The case of older people: social thought and divergent prescriptions for care
5. Social policy and idealist versus non-idealist thought: the fundamental schism
6. Idealist thought, social policy and the rediscovery of informal care
7. Social theory and voluntary action in Britain since 1880
8. Epilogue: from poor law to Labour's 'new idealism'

Notes
References
Index