Published by Sage Publications, London England, 1994
ISBN 10: 0803986424 ISBN 13: 9780803986428
Seller: The London Bookworm, East Sussex, United Kingdom
Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Paperback. This book deals with the central questions which have emerged from the break-up of the postwar political consensus around the welfare state. A series of distinguished contributors, including exponenets of alternative positions on welfare from the right, left and centre, examine key issues in the disputes over the relationship between the state and welfare. Individual chapters both explore the different politial and theoretical issues in the debate, and concentrate on their application in key areas of social policy. Particular attention is given to the role of social work, and to public policy and family. The final section of the book examines the political sources of the current crisis of social policy, and the prospects for a resolution of the crisis of the welfare state. This boo(We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. academic and scholarly books and Modern First Editions etc.)k is a set book on the Open University Course D211, Social Problems and Social Welfare. 360 pp.