Disability and the Welfare State in Britain : Changes in Perception and Policy 1948-79 /

The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campai...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Hampton, Jameel (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Bristol, UK : Policy Press, 2016.
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Grossbritannien.
Sozialstaat.
Behindertenpolitik.
Behinderte.
Sozialstaat
Sozialpolitik
Wahrnehmung
Behinderung
Welfare state.
Social policy.
People with disabilities > Government policy.
People with disabilities > Services for.
Public welfare.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > People with Disabilities.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
Welfare state > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Public welfare > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
People with disabilities > Services for > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
People with disabilities > Government policy > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Grossbritannien
Great Britain.
Great Britain > Social policy > History > 20th century.
History.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
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Résumé:The British Welfare State initially seemed to promise welfare for all, but excluded millions of disabled people. This book examines attempts in the subsequent three decades to reverse this exclusion. It also provides the first major analysis of the Disablement Income Group and the Thalidomide campaign.
Description matérielle:1 online resource (288 pages).
ISBN:9781447316435

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