Peter Leonard provides an accessible analysis of debates about the
crisis of the welfare state under the contemporary conditions of
postmodern scepticism and the triumphs of global market capitalism.
In the last two decades Western governments have sought to replace
the post-war welfare compact with neo-conservative individualism.
The prospects for the Left look bleak. At the same time, postmodern
critique raises profound questions about the validity of a mass
politics of emancipation based on the universal values of justice,
reason and progress. From a critical perspective founded in Marxism
and feminism, Leonard uses elements of postmodern deconstruction to
consider how we might now re-think the present and future of
welfare. He draws the reader into a dialogue about the implications
for reconstructing welfare: of changes in ideas about the
individual subject; the context of culture and racism; the
organization of welfare; the nature of 'the new economy'; and the
possibilities of a politics of resistance.
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