The Peter Townsend reader (Paperback)

In 2008, sociologist Peter Townsend celebrated his 80th birthday. It has been 60 years since his first published work. The range of his work is exceptional, including research on the UK's inner city deprivation; older people contemplating retirement; exclusion on the basis of class, race, gender, age, and disability; individual versus state responsibility for health; the social purposes and viability of residential institutions and hospitals; child and extended family development; and persistent poverty. This reader is a collection of his most distinctive work. The Peter Townsend Reader looks at the changes in social policy that have taken place in the UK, as well as internationally, over the past six decades. Each section of the book is introduced by an editor who is acquainted with Peter Townsend's work. It provides insight into the development of one social scientist's entire intellectual approach, particularly in choosing to place social policy at the center of social theory. The b

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Imprint:	Policy Press
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	2010
First published:	2010
Editors:	Alan Walker • David Gordon • Ruth Levitas • Peter Phillimore • Chris Phillipson • Margot E. Salomon • Nicola Yeates
Dimensions:	240 x 172 x 35mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	696
ISBN-13:	978-1-84742-404-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social welfare & social services > General Promotions
LSN:	1-84742-404-X
Barcode:	9781847424044

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