Description
| Product ID: | 9781138609679 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Library Editions: Welfare and the State |
| Title: | The Politics of the Welfare State |
| Authors: | Author: Ann Oakley, Susan Williams |
| Page Count: | 242 |
| Subjects: | Social and ethical issues, Social issues & processes, Welfare and benefit systems, Political ideologies and movements, Welfare economics, Welfare & benefit systems, Political ideologies, Welfare economics |
| Description: | Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created. Originally published in 1994 The Politics of the Welfare State looks at how the privatization and marketization of education, health and welfare services in the past decade have produced a concept of welfare that is markedly different from that envisaged when the welfare state was initially created. Issues of class, gender and ethnicity are explored in chapters that are wide ranging but closely linked. The contributors are renowned academics and policy-makers, including feminist and welfare historians, highly regarded figures in social policy, influential critics of recent educational reforms and key analysts of current reform in the health sector. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2020-08-15 |
