Understanding Social Welfare Movements

by Wallace McNeish, Alex Law, Jason Annetts, et al.

Contemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. "Understanding social welfare movements" is the first...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847420966
• ISBN13: 9781847420961
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.8" x 9.4"