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Richard Titmuss : A Commitment to Welfare /

This is the first full-length biography of Richard Titmuss, a pioneer of social policy research and an influential figure in Britain's post-war welfare debates.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stewart, John (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bristol : Policy Press, 2020.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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505 0 |a Front Cover -- Richard Titmuss: A Commitment to Welfare -- Copyright information -- Table of contents -- Acronyms -- Acknowledgments -- Series -- 1 Introduction -- Titmuss in the twentieth century -- The 'Titmuss paradigm' -- Understanding Titmuss: David Reisman -- Titmuss the person -- This volume -- Notes -- Part 1 Early life and career to the end of 1941 -- 2 'As the son of a farmer ... ': origins, early employment, and personal life -- Birth, childhood, and youth -- Employment -- Marriage and private life -- Notes 
505 0 |a 3 Politics: the Liberal Party, the 'Fleet Street Parliament', and Forward March -- Introduction -- The Liberal Party and the Fleet Street Parliament -- International affairs: 'Crime and Tragedy' -- Forward March -- Titmuss's liberalism -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 4 The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and 'Manpower and Health' -- Introduction -- The Eugenics Society -- Poverty and Population -- Government statistics and population health in peace and war -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 5 The Titmuss gospel and progressive opinion -- Introduction -- Getting the message out 
505 0 |a R.H. Tawney and The Acquisitive Society -- Saving the poor and feeding the masses -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part 2 From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics -- 6 Problems of Social Policy: researching and firewatching -- Introduction -- The trials of authorship -- The history of the Home Front -- Lady Allen and Lady Reading -- The volume's reception -- Rethinking Problems of Social Policy -- Firewatching -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 7 Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in war -- Introduction -- Committee man, editor, and contributor -- Birth, Poverty and Wealth 
505 0 |a The Population Investigation Committee -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 8 Titmuss and the media in the 1940s: a growing reputation -- Introduction -- Writing and lecturing -- On the air -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 9 Population and family: Parents Revolt and the beginnings of social medicine -- Introduction -- Parents Revolt -- Titmuss and Churchill -- Social medicine -- The Social Medicine Research Unit -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 10 The London School of Economics and 'Social Administration in a Changing Society' -- Introduction -- Coming to the LSE -- Social Administration in a changing society 
505 0 |a Working in the department -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Part 3 First decade at the LSE -- 11 Setting out his stall -- Introduction -- 'The Position of Women' -- North of the border -- 'The Social Division of Welfare' -- Addressing social workers -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 12 The Guillebaud Committee and the early years of the National Health Service -- Introduction -- Thinking about the NHS -- The Guillebaud Committee -- After Guillebaud: prescriptions -- After Guillebaud: Members One of Another -- Parallels in education -- Conclusion -- Notes -- 13 Pensions and old age -- Introduction 
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