Forming nation, framing welfare / edited by Gail Lewis.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lewis, Gail, 1951-

Series:

Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; 2.

Social policy--welfare, power and diversity ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Public welfare--Great Britain--History--19th century.

Public welfare.

Public welfare--Great Britain--History--20th century.

History.

Great Britain--Social policy.

Great Britain.

Social policy.

Social problems.

Welfare state.

Physical Description:

viii, 296 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

London ; New York : Routledge in association with the Open University, 1998.

Summary:

This book introduces a historical perspective on the emergence and development of social welfare. Starting from the familiar ground of the "the family," it traces some of the crucial historical roots of contemporary social problems and social policy in the 19th and 20th centuries around education, the family, unemployment and nationhood. By aiming to discover the link between the pat and the present, it shows that social problems are socially constructed in specific contexts and that there are diverse and competing ways of telling history.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0415181291

0415181305

OCLC:

38107171