The anthropology of welfare /

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An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Other Authors: Edgar, Iain R. (Editor), Russell, Andrew, 1958- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.
Subjects:
Public welfare.
Social service.
Ethnology.
Community organization.
Social policy.
Social Work
Public Policy
Aide sociale.
Service social.
Ethnologie.
Organisation communautaire.
Politique sociale.
welfare services.
community organizations.
public policy.
Community organization
Ethnology
Public welfare
Social policy
Social service
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Research and practice in the anthropology of welfare
  • 'You just get on with it': questioning models of welfare dependency in a rural community
  • Concepts of community in changing health care: a study of change in midwifery practice
  • The child welfare debate in Portugal: a case study of a children's home
  • 'Equal, but different'? Welfare, gender ideology and a 'mothers' centre' in southern Germany
  • The co-operation concept in a team of Swedish social workers: applying grid and group to studies of community care.

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