An intellectual history of British social policy : idealism versus non-idealism /

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The history of social policy is emerging as an area of growing interest to both students and researchers. This topical book charts the period from the 1830s to the present day, providing a fresh analysis of the relationship between social theory and social policy in the UK.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Offer, John, 1949-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2006.
Subjects:
Geschichte 1830-2000.
Public welfare > Great Britain > History.
Aide sociale > Grande-Bretagne > Histoire.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Human Services.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Public welfare
Social policy
Sozialpolitik
Sozialphilosophie
Great Britain > Social policy.
Grande-Bretagne > Politique sociale.
Great Britain
Groḃritannien
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover; AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SOCIAL POLICY
  • Idealism versus non-idealism; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; ONE
  • 'Virtue' and the poor law in Britain and Ireland in the 1830s; TWO
  • Spencer and a liberal road to welfare: the eclipse of a vision; THREE
  • Free agent or 'conscious automaton'? The individual in Spencer's social theory; FOUR
  • The case of older people: social thought and divergent prescriptions for care; FIVE
  • Social policy and idealist versus non-idealist thought: the fundamental schism.

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