This major thematic and historical overview provides a clear guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and informal welfare sectors in twentieth-century Britain, outlining the dominant ideas about welfare in the period in question. As such, it offers an effective bridge between historical and contemporary concerns, drawing out some of the more rarely articulated premises of courses in the history of social policy and illuminating the social, political and economic dimensions of its subject.
This major thematic and historical overview provides a clear guide to key welfare practices and developments in the public, private, voluntary and inf...
Offering an attractive and enduring revelation of the ways of God, Robert Page demonstrates the pre-requisites of spiritual development: rigorous self-honesty and the eyes and ears to see and hear what really is.
Offering an attractive and enduring revelation of the ways of God, Robert Page demonstrates the pre-requisites of spiritual development: rigorous self...
Innovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over many years various scholars have noted close connections between the two. This Handbook assembles a broad range of thinking on this subject, with contributions from several disciplinary perspectives by over 30 leading scholars and experienced practitioners. Collectively, they summarize and synthesize the existing body of knowledge - theory and evidence - pertaining to standards and innovation, and provide insights into how this knowledge can be useful to scholars, industrial strategists, policy-makers and standards...
Innovation and standardization might seem polar opposites, but over many years various scholars have noted close connections between the two. This Han...
Although references to stigma were commonplace in the field of social policy and elsewhere, the concept was often used in a rather imprecise way. Originally published in 1984, this book assesses the relevance of the concept of stigma for the study of social policy. Investigations of the concept within the welfare field have tended to be far too narrow in focus (i.e. the concept has been regarded as a technical problem which can be eradicated by greater adherence to the principle of universalism).
As a counter to this perspective, Robert Page argues that it is necessary to...
Although references to stigma were commonplace in the field of social policy and elsewhere, the concept was often used in a rather imprecise way. O...
