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Unsettling Welfare : The Reconstruction of Social Policy, Paperback / softback Book

Unsettling Welfare : The Reconstruction of Social Policy Paperback / softback

Edited by Gordon (Open University, Milton Keynes, England, UK Open University, United Kingdom Open Uni Hughes, Gail Lewis

Part of the Social Policy: Welfare, Power and Diversity series

Paperback / softback

Description

Unsettling Welfare addresses the changing relationship between social welfare, its 'recipients' and the state.

In particular, the book explores the direction and the impact of the reforms of the welfare state that took place during the 1980s and 1990s.

By focusing on specific fields of social welfare and social control, including health, education, housing, income maintenance, social services and criminal justice, Unsettling Welfare identifies general trends and the ways in which these are manifested.

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