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Understanding Social Welfare Movements (Hardcover)
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Understanding Social Welfare Movements (Hardcover)
Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series
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Contemporary social policy has never been more vigorously
contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing,
social care, hospital closures through to organised movements
around disability, environment, health and education. However, the
historical and contemporary role played by social movements in
shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard
social policy texts. "Understanding Social Movements and Social
Welfare" is the first introductory text to bring together social
policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and
written in an accessible and engaging style, it will attract a wide
readership of undergraduate students, stakeholders and
activists.Introductory chapters of this title examine the
historical and theoretical relationship between state welfare and
social movements. Subsequent chapters outline the historical
contribution of various social movements to the creation of the
welfare state relating to Beveridge's 'five giants' of idleness,
ignorance, squalor, illness and want. The book then examines the
contemporary challenge posed by 'new social movements' in relation
to the family, discrimination, environment, and global social
justice. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the
changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the
demands of social movements.
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