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Welfare Theory: An Introduction

Welfare Theory: An Introduction

by JoCampling (Editor), TonyFitzpatrick (Author)

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    Paperback 2001

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Synopsis

This major text provides a comprehensive and straightforward introduction to the theoretical underpinnings of social policy. Written in an engaging style with a user-friendly structure, it offers students a clear guide to crucial debates and key concepts within social policy today. Welfare Theory draws upon politics, sociology and philosophy to analyse the history and meaning of concepts such as: equality, liberty, citizenship, the state, power, poverty and human nature. The text reviews the core ideologies of welfare, from the radical Right to Marxism, as well as other perspectives based on divisions of gender, ethnicity, disability, age and sexuality. It also outlines recent innovations in welfare theory including: post-industrialism, post-Fordism, globalisation, postmodernism, communitarianism, environmentalism, risk society, new technologies and the body. This important text is essential introductory reading for all Social Policy undergraduates and critical reading for all those who wish to understand what is at stake in the welfare policies of the 21st century.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 238
 Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 20 Jul 2001
ISBN 10: 033377843X
ISBN 13: 9780333778432
Book Overview: Tony Fitzpatrick is the author of Freedom and Security: An Introduction to the Basic Income Debate

Media Reviews
'...in seeking to synthesise a very wide range of social and political thought into a body of 'welfare theory' and present it in a manner which is accessible to undergraduate students, Fitzpatrick has set himself (or been set) a fairly daunting task. It is a measure of his success, as well as a reflection of his erudition and evident enthusiasm for the subject, that he has managed to produce a text which is readable, accessible and will provide students with a good map of the theoretical terrain on the subject for some time to come.' - Iain Ferguson, University of Stirling, Social Policy
Author Bio
TONY FITZPATRICK is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Nottingham He is the author of Freedom and Security: An Introduction to the Basic Income Debate, also published by Palgrave.