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This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies in Britain. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought throughout history, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.

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1. Concepts, Continuities and Critique 2. A Brief History of British Social Welfare 3. Philosophical Binaries and Normative Judgements 4. Chocolate, Flowers and Social Welfare Reform 5. War: The Paradoxical Crucible of Welfare Reform 6. Gendered Perspectives on Welfare 7. Piacular Austerity: Sacrificing the Poor for the Rich 8. Universal Credit vs. Universal Basic Income: Strange Bedfellows? 9. Containing the Radicals and Regulating the ‘Other’: A History of the Strange Case of Social Work 10. W(h)ither Welfare After Brexit and COVID-19?

Analysing the History of British Social Welfare

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      Publisher: Bristol University Press
      Publication Date: 28/04/2023
      ISBN13: 9781447363699, 978-1447363699
      ISBN10: 1447363698
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies in Britain. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought throughout history, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.

      Table of Contents
      1. Concepts, Continuities and Critique 2. A Brief History of British Social Welfare 3. Philosophical Binaries and Normative Judgements 4. Chocolate, Flowers and Social Welfare Reform 5. War: The Paradoxical Crucible of Welfare Reform 6. Gendered Perspectives on Welfare 7. Piacular Austerity: Sacrificing the Poor for the Rich 8. Universal Credit vs. Universal Basic Income: Strange Bedfellows? 9. Containing the Radicals and Regulating the ‘Other’: A History of the Strange Case of Social Work 10. W(h)ither Welfare After Brexit and COVID-19?

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