This book presents the first collection of Robert Pinker's influential essays in one edited volume, discussing the key concepts underpinning the study of social policy and the ways in which welfare theories and ideologies together with public expectations have shaped the political processes of policy making.
This book presents the first collection of Robert Pinker's influential essays in one edited volume, discussing the key concepts underpinning the study of social policy and the ways in which welfare theories and ideologies together with public expectations have shaped the political processes of policy making.
John Offer is Professor of Social Theory and Policy at Ulster University. He is a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, and was Chair of the Editorial Board of Sociology from 2011 to 2015. His An Intellectual History of British Social Policy was published by Policy Press in 2006. Robert Pinker (1931-2021) held professorial posts at Goldsmiths College, Chelsea College and the London School of Economics. His academic publications included English Hospital Statistics, Social Theory and Social Policy, and The Idea of Welfare and he also wrote numerous essays on social policy matters from the early 1960s onwards.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction; Robert Pinker on Rethinking Approaches to Welfare ~ John Offer; Part 1: Introduction to Part One: On Social Policy Studies; The Ends and Means of Social Policy: A Personal and Generational Perspective; Social Theory and Social Policy: A Challenging Relationship; Stigma and Social Welfare; The Welfare State: A Comparative Perspective (with an Afterthought by Robert Pinker); Richard Titmuss and the Making of British Social Policy Studies after the Second World War: A Reappraisal (with an Afterthought by Robert Pinker); Part 2: Introduction to Part Two: On Social Care, Communities, and the Conditions for Well-being; Report of the Working Party on the Role and Tasks of Social Workers: An Alternative View; The Quest for Community: From the Settlement Movement to the Griffith's Report; Citizenship, Civil War and Welfare: The Making of Modern Ireland; Part 3: Introduction to Part Three: On Welfare Pluralism; Golden Ages and Welfare Alchemists; From Gift Relationships to Quasi-markets - An Odyssey along the Policy Paths of Altruism and Egoism; The Experience of Citizenship: A Generational Perspective; The Right to Welfare; The Prospects for Social Policy in the United Kingdom After the 2015 General Election ~ Robert Pinker.
Introduction; Robert Pinker on Rethinking Approaches to Welfare ~ John Offer; Part 1: Introduction to Part One: On Social Policy Studies; The Ends and Means of Social Policy: A Personal and Generational Perspective; Social Theory and Social Policy: A Challenging Relationship; Stigma and Social Welfare; The Welfare State: A Comparative Perspective (with an Afterthought by Robert Pinker); Richard Titmuss and the Making of British Social Policy Studies after the Second World War: A Reappraisal (with an Afterthought by Robert Pinker); Part 2: Introduction to Part Two: On Social Care, Communities, and the Conditions for Well-being; Report of the Working Party on the Role and Tasks of Social Workers: An Alternative View; The Quest for Community: From the Settlement Movement to the Griffith's Report; Citizenship, Civil War and Welfare: The Making of Modern Ireland; Part 3: Introduction to Part Three: On Welfare Pluralism; Golden Ages and Welfare Alchemists; From Gift Relationships to Quasi-markets - An Odyssey along the Policy Paths of Altruism and Egoism; The Experience of Citizenship: A Generational Perspective; The Right to Welfare; The Prospects for Social Policy in the United Kingdom After the 2015 General Election ~ Robert Pinker.
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