Rethinking welfare : a critical perspective /: a critical perspective. (2002)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette, Gerry Mooney.
• Other Names: Ferguson, Iain, 1954-; Lavalette, Michael; Mooney, Gerry, 1960-
• Contents: Introduction; PART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF MARX; `Was he right all along?'; Classical Marxism and Social Policy; `Incentives and Punishments'; Capitalism and Welfare; PART TWO: MARXISM AND WELFARE; `We are all Classless Nowadays'; The Class Structure Today; `A Deplorable Concession to the Shade of Karl Marx'; Class as Agency; `People have Become Objects'; The Roots of Alienation; `The Complexities of Social Differentiation'; Explaining Oppression; `The Bedrock of a Decent, Civilised and Stable Society'; Capitalism and the Family; PART THREE: THE NEO-LIBERAL ASSALT; `Apocalypse Now'; Globalization, Welfare and the State; `A System Designed not for Yesterday, but for Today'; New Labour and Welfare; `…Waiting for Something Else'; Welfare Futures
• Publisher Details: London : SAGE
• Publication Date: 2002
• Extent: 1 online resource (211 pages)
• Subjects: 361.65; Public welfare; Social policy; Liberalism -- Philosophy; Aide sociale; Politique sociale; Libéralisme -- Philosophie; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services; Liberalism -- Philosophy; Public welfare; Social policy; Wohlfahrtsstaat; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 1412931983; 9781412931984; 9781446219324; 1446219321
• Related ISBNs: 0761964177; 0761964185; 9780761964179; 9780761964186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.