Poverty, Welfare and the Disciplinary State / Edition 1

by Chris Jones, Tony Novak

Overview

In a forward looking appraisal of the welfare state, Poverty, Welfare and the Disciplinary State examines such issues as: *the current dynamics of poverty in Britain, drawing on similar developments in Europe and the US *the major areas of social policy within which this abandonment and demonisation of the poor is taking place *the historical antecendents to this relationship between the state and the poor *the creation and expansion of a 'welfare'state that characterised the era of social democracy until the mid-1970s and from the point of view of the poor, was limited and conditional *the ideology and organisation of the New Right *the new terrain on which the struggle over the future of welfare and social policy must take place.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415182898
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	08/26/1999
Series:	State of Welfare Series
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Chris Jones is Professor of Social Policy and Social Work at Liverpool University;, Tony Novak is Lecturer in Social Policy also at Liverpool University.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Redefining the Poor; Chapter 2 Impoverishing the Poor; Chapter 3 The Abuse of the Poor; Chapter 4 The Vile Maxim of the Masters; Chapter 5 Re-Tooling the State; Chapter 6 Abandoning the Poor;