Rethinking Welfare A Critical Perspective |
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| Author:
| Ferguson, Iain
Lavalette, Michael
Mooney, Gerry |
| ISBN: | 978-0-7619-6417-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2002 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications, Limited
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $220.00 |
Book Description:
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`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare′ -
Social Policy he 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. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare. Using Marxist...
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`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare′ -
Social Policy
he 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. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare. Using Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy they provide a defence of the welfare state. They explore the question of globalization as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain.