Overview
- First comprehensive introduction to social policy that reevaluates social policy under 'new' Labour
Reputation of Christopher Pierson as an agendasetting writer in the field of social policy
Reputation of contributors
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Table of contents (19 chapters)
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New Perspectives on Welfare Theory
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New Perspectives on Welfare Theory
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British Social Policy in the 1990s
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Contemporary Issues in British Social Policy
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Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
CHRISTOPHER PIERSON is Professor of Politics at the University of Nottingham. He has written extensively on the problems of social democracy and the welfare state. His most recent books are Socialism After Communism, The Modern State and Beyond the Welfare State.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Developments in British Social Policy
Editors: Nick Ellison, Chris Pierson
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-26638-8
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 323
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave
Topics: Sociology of Sport and Leisure, Politics of the Welfare State, Social Care, Political Science, Social Policy