This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It examines the role played by voluntary social provision (including self-help and mutual aid), as well as the growth of state intervention, in meeting welfare needs. It offers detailed coverage of all the main areas of social policy and provides an introduction to the competing theoretical explanations for the growth of welfare states over the last 200 years.
This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of social welfare and social policy in Britain before the modern welfare state. It exam...
Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical knowledge. Confronting such controversial themes as colonialism and medicine, the origins of racial thinking and health and migration, the contributors examine the role played by medicine in the construction of racial categories.
Considering cases from Europe to India, this collection brings together research into the role played by racial issues in the production of medical kn...
