The Peter Townsend Reader

ISBN-13: 9781847424044 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 696 str.

Walker, Alan

Opis

Peter Townsend, who sadly passed away in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities.This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect. This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences and will also provide an insight into the development of one scientist's entire intellectual approach. We hope it will be a fitting memorial to his life and work.

Spis treści

Introduction; Section I: Sociology and social policy ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section II: From welfare state to international welfare ~ edited by Nicola Yeates; Section III: Poverty ~ edited by David Gordon; Section IV: Inequality and social exclusion ~ edited by Ruth Levitas; Section V: Health inequalities and health policy ~ edited by Peter Phillimore; Section VI: Older people ~ edited by Chris Phillipson; Section VII: Disability ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section VIII: Social justice and human rights ~ edited by Margot E. Salomon.