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Members of the list may be interested in the following book
published by The Policy Press and featured in The Guardian (Society)
today:
WELFARE AND WELLBEING
RICHARD TITMUSS'S CONTRIBUTION TO SOCIAL POLICY
Edited by Pete Alcock, Howard Glennerster, Ann Oakley, and Adrian
Sinfield
Despite its continuing relevance to current social policy issues both
in the UK and internationally, much of Titmuss's work is now out of
print. This new book brings together a selection of his most important
writings on a range of key social policy issues, together with
commentary on these from contemporary experts in the field.
Contents: Introduction - Pete Alcock and Ann Oakley; Part 1: The
family, poverty and population: Commentary by Ann Oakley; The nation's
wealth; The summation of poverty; A measurement of human progress; The
position of women; Part 2: The 'welfare state': Commentary by Tania
Burchardt; The welfare state: Images and realities; The social division
of welfare: Some reflections on the search for equity; War and social
policy; Unfinished business; Part 3: Redistribution, universality and
inequality: Commentary by John Hills; The role of redistribution in
social policy; Welfare state and welfare society; Social welfare and
the art of giving; Part 4: Power, policy and privilege:Commentary by
Adrian Sinfield; The irresponsible society; The need for a new
approach; Part 5: International and comparative dimensions: Commentary
by Howard Glennerster; The international perspective; Developing social
policy in conditions of rapid change: The role of social welfare; Part
6: The subject of social policy: Commentary by Pete Alcock; The subject
of social administration; What is social policy?; Values and choices.
Paperback £16.99 (US$31.00, CDN$44.10) ISBN 1 86134 299 3
Hardback £50.00 (US$90.00, CDN$130.00) ISBN 1 86134 300 0
256 pages October 2001
Available from: Marston Book Services, PO Box, Abingdon Oxon OX14 4YN.
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