Details

Subject(s)

• Great Britain—Social policy—19th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Social policy—20th century [Browse]
• Great Britain—Social policy—21st century [Browse]

Editor

• Goldman, Lawrence, 1957- [Browse]

Honouree

• Harris, José [Browse]

Series

Oxford scholarship online [More in this series]

Summary note

This collection of twelve essays reviews the history of welfare in Britain over the past 150 years. It focuses on the ideas that have shaped the development of British social policy, and on the thinkers who have inspired and also contested the welfare state. It thereby constructs an intellectual history of British welfare since the concept first emerged at the end of the nineteenth century.

Notes

This edition previously issued in print: 2019.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Target audience

Specialized.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on February 8, 2019).

ISBN

9780191871399 (ebook) :

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