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- Substantial market across the disciplines of social policy and history (see sales of Lowe and Fraser)
Distinguished lineup of contributors from both disciplines
Sheer range of book: in terms of historical period covered and the variety of issues and debates discussed and synthesised
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About this book
This major thematic and historical overview provides a clear guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in twentieth-century Britain, outlining the dominant ideas about welfare in the period in question. As such, it offers an effective bridge between historical and contemporary concerns, drawing out some of the more rarely articulated premises of courses in the history of social policy and illuminating the social, political and economic dimensions of its subject.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
ROBERT M. PAGE is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Leicester. His books include Stigma and Altruism and the British Welfare State, and Modern Thinkers on Welfare, which he co-edited with Vic George.
RICHARD L. SILBURN worked for many years as a university teacher and researcher. He is now a freelance scholar and research consultant. He has written extensively on issues of poverty and social security.
RICHARD L. SILBURN worked for many years as a university teacher and researcher. He is now a freelance scholar and research consultant. He has written extensively on issues of poverty and social security.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century
Editors: Robert M. Page, Richard Silburn
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-27398-0
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1999
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67770-4Due: 31 March 1999
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 366
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Social Work