British Social Welfare in the Twentieth Century
Description
This major thematic and historical overview provides a clear guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in twentieth-century Britain, outlining the dominant ideas about welfare in the period in question. As such, it offers an effective bridge between historical and contemporary concerns, drawing out some of the more rarely articulated premises of courses in the history of social policy and illuminating the social, political and economic dimensions of its subject.
Keywords
Social ScienceSocial WorkEducation
1999Book
Author(s)Richard Silburn, Robert M. Page
PublisherMacmillan Education UK
ISBN9780333677704
LanguageEnglish
