{"product_id":"9780803989061-theorising-welfare","title":"Theorising Welfare","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEnlightenment and Modern Society\u003cbr\u003eThis text looks at the historical and contemporary changes in social welfare systems and provision, and the debates and struggles surrounding them. The perspectives of liberalism, Marxism, neo-liberalism and post-structuralism, are used to provide an introduction to the theoretical frameworks.\u003cbr\u003e′ Theorising Welfare is very well written and painstakingly clear. It is an accessible and original textbook on the welfare state and the idea of welfare. There is nothing available like it in terms of its scope and intellectual sweep′ -  \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eScott Lash, University of Lancaster\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThere are many interpretations of welfare and welfare states, each providing insights into different aspects of welfare and pointing to different possibilities for its future.  \u003cb\u003eTheorising Welfare\u003c\/b\u003e provides a guide to these debates through an examination of seven theoretical perspectives - liberalism, Marxism, neo-liberalism, post-structuralism, political economy, political ecology and postmodernism - situating them within their historical and political contexts.  \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55744903151990,"sku":"9780803989061","price":181.64,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780803989061-theorising-welfare","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}