Poverty, Welfare and the Disciplinary State

Chris Jones author Tony Novak author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:26th Aug '99

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In a forward looking appraisal of the welfare state, Poverty, Welfare and the Disciplinary State examines such issues as: *the current dynamics of poverty in Britain, drawing on similar developments in Europe and the US *the major areas of social policy within which this abandonment and demonisation of the poor is taking place *the historical antecendents to this relationship between the state and the poor *the creation and expansion of a 'welfare' state that characterised the era of social democracy until the mid-1970s and from the point of view of the poor, was limited and conditional *the ideology and organisation of the New Right *the new terrain on which the struggle over the future of welfare and social policy must take place.

ISBN: 9780415182898

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 408g

232 pages