Social Policy 1830-1914: Individualism, Collectivism and the Origins of the Welfare State 1315519992, 9781315519999

The Origins of the British Welfare State: Society, State and Social Welfare in England and Wales, 1800-1945 0333649982, 9780333649985

Over the last 200 years Britain has witnessed profound changes in the nature and extent of state welfare. Drawing on the

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Individualism And Collectivism 9780813318509, 0813318491, 0813318505

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Social Welfare and the Failure of the State 9781138611221

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The Sympathetic State: Disaster Relief and the Origins of the American Welfare State 0226923487, 9780226923482

Even as unemployment rates soared during the Great Depression, FDR’s relief and social security programs faced attacks i

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The Coalition Government and Social Policy: Restructuring the Welfare State 9781447324591

How did the UK Coalition Government’s policies differ from previous Conservative (or Labour) Government policies? How di

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The Hidden Welfare State: Tax Expenditures and Social Policy in the United States 1400803845, 9781400803842

Despite costing hundreds of billions of dollars and subsidizing everything from homeownership and child care to health i

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Reimagining Social Welfare: Beyond the Keynesian Welfare State 9781442603127

Published Under the Garamond Imprint Globalization and the rightward shift in politics in recent years have de-legitim

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Scandal, social policy and social welfare 9781847421326

Scandals do not just happen. They are made. They are constructed out of such everyday tragedies as the small carelessnes

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The Winding Road to the Welfare State: Economic Insecurity and Social Welfare Policy in Britain 9780691183992, 9780691178738

How did Britain transform itself from a nation of workhouses to one that became a model for the modern welfare state? Th

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Beyond the Welfare State: Postwar Social Settlement and Public Pension Policy in Canada and Australia 9781487510954

In Beyond the Welfare State, Sirvan Karimi utilizes a synthesis of Marxian class analysis and the power resources model

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