"This innovative Handbook presents the core concepts associated with austerity, retrenchment and populism and explores how they can be used to analyse developments in different welfare states and in specific social policies. Leading experts highlight how these concepts have infl…
This book outlines the history of squatting in Sweden and analyzes the conditions under which squatting has intensified and declined in the country between 1968 and 2017. With close attention to the relationship between civil society and the state in the Swedish context, and the…
"These were the Five Giants that loomed over the post-war reconstruction of Britain. The battle against them was fought by five gargantuan programmes that made up the core of the Welfare State: social security, health, education, housing and a policy of full employment. This boo…
A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR A LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR The award-winning history of the British Welfare State -now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century. 'A masterpiece' Sunday Times Giant Want. Giant Disease. Giant Ignorance. Giant Squalor. Giant I…
This edition provides an accessible and entertaining narrative history of the establishment and decline of the British welfare state. It is full of anecdotes, feuds, backstabbing, idealism and humour.
The din and deadlock of public life in America - where insults are traded, slogans proclaimed, and self-serving deals are made and unmade - reveal the deep disagreement that pervades our democracy. The disagreement is not only political but also moral, as citizens and their repr…
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
Thane places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy, and sets the development of the welfare system in its wider social, economic and political context.
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman social policy in modern Britain
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
Thane places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy, and sets the development of the welfare system in its wider social, economic and political context.
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
by Thane, Pat
fromLongman Social Policy in Britain Series
Thane places strong emphasis on voluntary action and the role of women in the shaping of social policy, and sets the development of the welfare system in its wider social, economic and political context.
