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Record Nr.

UNINA9910765996303321

Titolo

Forming nation, framing welfare / / edited by Gail Lewis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York : , : Routledge in association with the Open University, , 1998

©1998

ISBN

1-134-67700-6

1-134-67701-4

1-280-31369-2

9786610313693

0-203-98416-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (351 p.)

Collana

Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; ; bk. 2

Disciplina

361.6/5/0941

Soggetti

Public welfare - Great Britain - History - 19th century

Public welfare - Great Britain - History - 20th century

Social problems

Welfare state

Great Britain Social policy

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 and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Half-Title; Series Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Introduction; CHAPTER 1 A Family for Nation and Empire; CHAPTER 2  'Remoralizing' the Poor?: Gender, Class and Philanthropy in Victorian Britain; CHAPTER 3 Education for Labour: Social Problems of Nationhood; CHAPTER 4 Education for 'Minorities': Irish Catholics in Britain; CHAPTER 5 Patterns of Visibility: Unemployment in Britain during the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries; CHAPTER 6 Families of Meaning: Contemporary Discourses of the Family; CHAPTER 7 Review; Acknowledgements; Index; The Open University Course Team

Sommario/riassunto

Introduces an historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the family, it traces some of the crucial historical roots of contemporary social problems and policies.