Desmond King

In the Name of Liberalism

Illiberal Social Policy in the USA and Britain

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Produktbeschreibung

This book investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s, the use of work camps in the 1930s, and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 354
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. Dezember 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 671g
• ISBN-13: 9780198296096
• ISBN-10: 0198296096
• Artikelnr.: 21550873

Autorenporträt

Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.

Inhaltsangabe

* PART 1. POLITICS, POLICY MAKING AND IDEAS.
* 1: Liberalism and Illiberal Social Policy
* 2: Liberal Democracy and Policy-Making: Knowledge and the Formation
of Social Policy
* PART 2. LIBERAL UNREASON
* 3: Cutting off the Worst: Voluntary Sterilisation in Britain in the
1930s
* 4: The Gravest Menace?: Immigration Policy
* PART 3. LIBERAL AMELIORATION AND COLLECTIVISM
* 5: Reconditioning the Unemployed: the Labour Camps in Britain
* 6: This Kind of Work Must Go On: The US Civilian Conservation Corps
* PART 4. THE LIBERAL COERCIVE CONTRACT
* 7: Aroused Like One From Sleep: From New Poor Law to Workfare in
Britain
* 8: A Second Chance, Not a Way of Life: Welfare as Workfare in the US
* PART 5. CONCLUSION
* 9: The Future of Social Citizenship