Approaches to Welfare - Softcover

Bean, Philip; Macpherson, Stuart

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0710094248 ISBN 13: 9780710094247

Publisher: Routledge, 1983

Synopsis

A unique introduction to the study of social welfare in Britain, this book also presents a major assessment of the welfare state. The contributions, by distinguished figures in the field of social welfare and social policy, explore all dimensions of the study of social welfare, demonstrating that not only have social policies changed in the 40 years since the establishment of the welfare state, but so too have approaches to their analysis. The contributors consider these changes in relation to a wide range of social welfare issues, illuminating the diversity and variety within the contemporary study of social policy. The book concentrates on issues of contemporary debate within and about the study of welfare, and is therefore of immense value at a time when we are clearly facing years when the older notions and certainties of the 'welfare state' will be more seriously challenged than hitherto.

Edition details

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1983
• ISBN 10: 0710094248
• ISBN 13: 9780710094247
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 318