Changing Welfare, Changing States: New Directions in Social Policy

摘要: Changing Welfare, States disentangles the various answers to these questions, inviting us think differently about remaking of relationships between welfare, state and nation. Informed by `cultural turn' in social sciences, book reflects a commitment importance rethinking policy at time when social, political intellectual certainties have been profoundly unsettled. Key features include: } thought-provoking approach - encourages students 'rethink' welfare states. } broad coverage engages with range approaches study states, drawing on policy, politics, sociology, anthropology cultural studies. } contributes key debates on: globalization, neo-liberalism, changing forms governance conflicts over citizenship contemporary states. Written leading academic field, has flowing narrative clear structure that makes it accessible popular academics alike. It is an invaluable resource for undergraduates postgraduates field will also be interest researchers related disciplines such as