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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457968503321

Autore

Leonard Peter <1930->

Titolo

Postmodern welfare [[electronic resource] ] : reconstructing an emancipatory project / / Peter Leonard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, 1997

ISBN

1-4462-7889-1

1-282-62344-3

9786612623448

0-85702-605-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (204 p.)

Disciplina

361.6/5

Soggetti

Welfare state

Postmodernism - Political aspects

Postmodernism - Social aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-184) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 - Argument; 2 - Subject; 3 - Culture; 4 - Organization; 5 - Economy; 6 - Politics; 7 - Reconstruction; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

'Postmodern Welfare' places postmodernism firmly on the agenda of contemporary debates about the welfare state. It is the first book to explain systematically the significance of postmodernism for understanding social welfare.