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Changing Welfare, Changing States
New Directions in Social Policy

First Edition

May 2004 | 192 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd

What has happened to welfare states? Are we witnessing the end of welfare, the survival of the welfare state, or welfare states in transition?

Changing Welfare, Changing States invites us to think differently about the remaking of the relationships between welfare, state and nation. Informed by the 'cultural turn' in the social sciences, the book reflects a commitment to the importance of rethinking social policy at a time when social, political, and intellectual certainties have been profoundly unsettled.

Key features:
A thought-provoking approach encourages students to 'rethink' welfare states
Broad coverage engages with a range of approaches to the study of welfare states, drawing on social policy, politics, sociology, anthropology and cultural studies
Contributes to key debates on globalization, neo-liberalism, changing forms of governance and conflicts over citizenship in the contemporary remaking of welfare states

Written by a leading academic in the field, the book has a flowing narrative and clear structure that makes it accessible to and popular with students and academics alike. It is an invaluable resource for undergraduates and postgraduates in the field of social policy and will also be of interest to students and researchers in related disciplines such as sociology, politics, anthropology and cultural studies.


 
Standing on Shaky Ground
The Problem of Welfare States

 
 
Taking a Cultural Turn
 
Putting People in Their Place
The Contested Social in Social Policy

 
 
Unstable States
Globalization and Destabilization

 
 
Living with/in and Against Neo-Liberalism
 
Governing Welfare
Systems, Subjects and States

 
 
Performing for the Public
 
Unsettling Thoughts, Unfinished Business

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