Everyday Welfare in Modern British History

Experience, Expertise and Activism

Eve Colpus editor Ruth Davidson editor Caitríona Beaumont editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Springer International Publishing AG

Publishing:30th Dec '24

£44.99

This title is due to be published on 30th December, and will be despatched as soon as possible.

Everyday Welfare in Modern British History cover

This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who have sex with women, bereaved families, community groups, individuals living in poverty, adults whose status sits outside professional categories, health service users, and people of faith. Chapters trace how these groups have used their experiences to assert an expert witness status and have sought out new spaces to expand the scope, inclusivity, and applicability of welfare services.

ISBN: 9783031649868

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: unknown

415 pages

2025 ed.