Understanding social welfare movements (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy & Practice Series) - Hardcover

Jason Annetts; Alex Law; Wallace McNeish; Gerry Mooney

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1847420974 ISBN 13: 9781847420978

Publisher: Policy Press, 2009

Synopsis

Understanding social welfare movements is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.

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About the Author

Gerry Mooney is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy and Staff Tutor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at The Open University. With Gill Scott he is co-editor of Exploring Social Policy in the 'New' Scotland, Policy Press 2005. He has also written widely on issues of class, the sociology of the city and social policy in the context of devolution.

From the Back Cover

approved by author "Understanding social welfare movements" is the first introductory text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Introductory chapters examine the historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the contribution of social movements to the creation of the welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness, ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the contemporary challenges posed by 'new social movements' in relation to the family, discrimination, the environment and global social justice. The book provides a timely and much-needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare and will attract a wide readership of undergraduate and postgraduate students, higher education teachers and researchers, stakeholders and activists.

Edition details

• Publisher: Policy Press
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847420974
• ISBN 13: 9781847420978
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 304