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Titolo |
The anthropology of welfare / [[electronic resource]] / edited by Iain R. Edgar and Andrew Russell |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Routledge, 1998 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-70067-9 |
9780203028896 |
1-280-11050-3 |
0-203-02889-9 |
1-134-70066-0 |
0-203-26956-X |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (275 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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EdgarIain R |
RussellAndrew |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Community organization |
Ethnology |
Public welfare |
Social policy |
Social service |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Book Cover; Title; Contents; Notes on contributors; Acknowledgements; Research and practice in the anthropology of welfare; 'You just get on with it': questioning models of welfare dependency in a rural community; Concepts of community in changing health care: a study of change in midwifery practice; The child welfare debate in Portugal: a case study of a children's home; 'Equal, but different'? Welfare, gender ideology and a 'mothers' centre' in southern Germany; The co-operation concept in a team of Swedish social workers: applying grid and group to studies of community care |
Caring communities or effective networks? Community care and people with learning difficulties in South WalesStaff models and practice: managing 'trouble' in a community-based programme for chronically |
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mentally ill adults in the USA; A local anthropology of exclusion; Considering the culture of community care: anthropological accounts of the experiences of frontline carers, older people and a researcher; Treasures on Earth: housing assets, public policy and older people in New Zealand; Residents' participation in the management of retirement housing in the UK |
Using experiential research methods: the potential contribution of humanistic groupwork methods to anthropology and welfare researchIndex |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The Anthropology of Welfare provides an overview of what anthropology has to offer welfare studies and vice-versa. Case studies from anthropologists in the field, examine different branches of welfare and community care, for example: * Maternity services * Children with learning difficulties * Children's homes * Mothers' centres * People with HIV * Mental health centres * Housing * Care and provision for the elderly. Contributors focus on comparative welfare systems - examples are taken from urban and rural areas of the UK, USA, Sweden, |
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