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The Work Connection
The authors use regulation to explain the antecedents to current welfare developments in Britain. From discussion of the 'Speenhamland System', the struggle for Family Allowance …
From a Welfare State to a Welfare Society
The welfare state is being subjected to fundamental re-appraisal. It is now commonly argued that modern Western societies require a new 'moral economy' in which responsibility for …
Feminism, the State and Social Policy
Feminist social movements of the 1960s and 70s demanded radical change and an end to women's oppression. They aimed their demands at the state, thereby recognising that the state …
Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship
At a time when the gap between rich and poor has been increasing, Poverty, Riches and Social Citizenship provides an accessible introduction to current debates about inequality, …
Feminist Debates
Are women still oppressed? Is paid employment the key to liberation? Should pornography be banned? Do women have an absolute right to abortion? Can women in government really make …
Policing Urban Poverty
Policing Urban Poverty provides a comprehensive and wide-ranging analysis of the policy implications of social problems for the welfare state in general and the police service in …
Political and Philosophical Debates in Welfare
This analytically cogent account engages with both the philosophical roots of ideas and their application in institutional structures. Offering a critical overview of political …
Globalization and European Welfare States
This book seeks to counter the recent trend of speculation about the impact of globalization upon welfare states. It begins by asking two related questions: 'What exactly is …
Religion, Ethnicity and Social Change
In Religion, Ethnicity and Social Change the author argues that the recent focus on religious fundamentalism in ethnic conflict has obscured the ambiguous role of 'mainstream' …
Media Power
This text offers a clear and succinct overview of a central debate in the study of the media, drawing together a wide range of theoretical and research-based material from both …
Rethinking Irish History
This book provides a critical interpretation of the construction of Irish national identity in the longer perspective of history. Drawing on recent sociological theory, the authors …
The Origins of Social Work
This book traces the origins and development of social work as we now know it. Providing an ambitious synthesis of historical and international material, it explores the different …