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Record Nr.

UNINA9910957017403321

Autore

Ferguson Iain <1954->

Titolo

Rethinking welfare : a critical perspective / / Iain Ferguson, Michael Lavalette, Gerry Mooney

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : SAGE, c2002

London : , : SAGE, , 2002

©2002

ISBN

9786610369942

9780761964186

0761964185

9781280369940

1280369949

9781412931984

1412931983

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (211 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LavaletteMichael

MooneyGerry <1960->

Disciplina

361.65

Soggetti

Public welfare

Social policy

Liberalism - Philosophy

Libros electrónicos.

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

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; A Bed For The Night; Introduction; Chapter 1 - 'Was he right all along?': Classical Marxism and Social Policy; Chapter 2 - 'Incentives and punishments': Capitalism and Welfare; Chapter 3 - 'We are all classless nowadays': The Class Structure Today; Chapter 4 - 'A deplorable concession to the shade of Karl Marx': Class as Agency; Chapter 5 - 'People have become objects': The Roots of Alienation; Chapter 6 - 'The compexities of social differentiation': Explaining Oppression

Chapter 7 - 'The bedrock of a decent, civilised and stable society': Capitalism and the FamilyChapter 8 - 'Apocalypse now': Globalisation,



Welfare and the State; Chapter 9 - 'A system designed not yesterday, but for today': New Labour and Welfare; Chapter 10 - '...Waiting for something else': Welfare Futures; Bibliography; Subject Index; Name Index

Sommario/riassunto

The anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in 'Rethinking Welfare'.