An intellectual history of British social policy : idealism versus non-idealism /: idealism versus non-idealism. (2006)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: John Offer.
• Other Names: Offer, John, 1949-
• Contents: Cover; AN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY OF BRITISH SOCIAL POLICY -- Idealism versus non-idealism; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; ONE -- 'Virtue' and the poor law in Britain and Ireland in the 1830s; TWO -- Spencer and a liberal road to welfare: the eclipse of a vision; THREE -- Free agent or 'conscious automaton'? The individual in Spencer's social theory; FOUR -- The case of older people: social thought and divergent prescriptions for care; FIVE -- Social policy and idealist versus non-idealist thought: the fundamental schism.
• Publisher Details: Bristol, UK : Policy Press
• Publication Date: 2006
• Extent: 1 online resource (viii, 224 pages)
• Subjects: 361.6/10941; Public welfare -- Great Britain -- History; Public welfare; POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services; SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General; Public welfare; Social policy; Sozialpolitik; Sozialphilosophie; Great Britain -- Social policy; Great Britain; Großbritannien; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781847421487; 1847421482; 1281159514; 9781281159519
• Related ISBNs: 1861345305; 1861345313; 9781861345301; 9781861345318
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-213) 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.