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Citizenship, Work and Welfare

Searching for the Good Society

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  • © 1998

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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Approaches to Citizenship: The Social Question

  2. Citizenship and Work

    1. Moralising the People

    2. Elevating the State

  3. Citizenship and Welfare

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About this book

Citizenship, Work and Welfare analyses changing definitions of citizenship, particularly in relation to work, in 19th and 20th-century Britain. It traces the debates about the responsibilities of government and the entitlements and obligations of individuals that developed in response to the social and economic problems of industrialization. It shows how conceptions of the rights of citizenship have moved beyond basic necessities to the idea of 'inclusion' - the ability to take part in normal social activities. The book closes with a discussion of the difficulties of honouring citizenship entitlements at the end of the 20th century in a society with rising expectations, persistent unemployment and an ageing population.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Applied Social Studies and Social Research, University of Oxford, UK

    Julia Parker

About the author

Julia Parker is Lecturer in Social Administration at the University of Oxford.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Citizenship, Work and Welfare

  • Book Subtitle: Searching for the Good Society

  • Authors: Julia Parker

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230504721

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Social & Cultural Studies Collection, Social Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67360-7Published: 27 May 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-333-67361-4Published: 17 May 1998

  • eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-50472-1Published: 17 May 1998

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 211

  • Topics: Political Sociology, Social History

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