Richard Titmuss : A Commitment to Welfare /

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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.
Temas:
Titmuss, Richard Morris, > 1907-1973.
Welfare state.
Social reformers.
Welfare state > Great Britain > History.
Social reformers > Great Britain > Biography.
Great Britain.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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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