Values in Social Policy: Nine Contradictions

by Jean Hardy

Book Overview

First published in 1981, Values in Social Policy provides a means towards understanding the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties involved in working in a welfare state. In the nine chapters, Jean Hardy explores the conflicting values posed within nine contradictions: authority versus liberation, for example, or the personal versus the political, equality versus freedom, bureaucracy versus professionalism. The author demonstrates how...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032375353
• ISBN13: 9781032375359
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 144 Pages