ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1983 Approaches to Welfare provides a unique introduction to the study of social welfare in Britain. The contributions, by distinguished figures in the field of social welfare and social policy, explore all the dimensions of the study of social welfare demonstrating that not only have social policies changed in the forty years since the establishment of the welfare state, but so too have approaches to their analysis. The contributors consider these changes in relation to a wide range of social welfare issues, illuminating the diversity and variety within the contemporary study of social policy.

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Introduction

chapter 1|15 pages

The evolution of social administration

Edited ByPaul Wilding

chapter 2|17 pages

The aims and consequences of social policy*

Edited ByVic George

chapter 4|16 pages

Welfare, class and distributive justice

chapter 6|16 pages

Women and social welfare

chapter 11|16 pages

Crime and the welfare state

chapter 13|22 pages

The gestation of reform: the Children Act 1948

Edited ByR. A. Parker

chapter 15|14 pages

Idealism and realism in education: 1940 and 1980

Edited ByRoger Cox

chapter 16|19 pages

After the Rainbow Sign

chapter 17|14 pages

Utilitarianism and the welfare state

Edited ByPhilip Bean

chapter 18|12 pages

Reflections on the welfare state