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UNINA9910451957803321 |
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Autore |
Culpitt Ian |
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Titolo |
Social policy and risk [[electronic resource] /] / Ian Culpitt |
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ISBN |
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1-4462-6566-8 |
0-7619-5885-1 |
1-283-88096-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (191 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Social policy - Philosophy |
Public welfare - Philosophy |
Risk - Sociological aspects |
Electronic books. |
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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 bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Chapter 1 - Welfare Hazard, Social Policy and Risk: An Introduction; Chapter 2 - Following Foucault: Governance, Security and Risk; Chapter 3 - Welfare Obligations and Safety Nets: The Lessening of Risk; Chapter 4 - Contract, Freedom and Choice: The Rediscovery of Risk; Chapter 5 - The Risk Arena: Citizenship, Rights and the Marketplace; Chapter 6 - Avoidance of Bads: Beck's New Ubiquity of Risk?; Chapter 7 - The Radical Rupture of Risk Society: A Critical Review; Chapter 8 - Risk and Recognition: A View Forward? |
Chapter 9 - The Welfare Gaze: Risk and the Dilemmas of DependencyAfterword - Foucault's Coldest of all Cold Monsters!; References; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Applying ideas of risk to the recent changes in welfare, this text includes the theories of Foucalt and Beck. The author also seeks to demonstrate how neo-liberals have used various aspects of risk to attack welfare dependency. |
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