The Big Society Debate: A New Agenda for Social Policy?: A New A

The Big Society Debate: A New Agenda for Social Welfare?\nby Armine Ishkanian\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Armine Ishkanian\nTitle: The Big Society Debate: A New Agenda for Social Welfare?\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Sociology\nPublisher: Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd\nPublication year: 2012\nISBN-13: 9781781002223\nISBN-10: 1781002223\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\n'Before the 2010 General Election, David Cameron placed the ''Big Society'' at the heart of his efforts to rebuild Britain's ''broken society''. The essays in this volume probe the historical origins of the concept and seek to evaluate it in the light of both historical and contemporary evidence. They raise profound questions about the provenance of the ''Big Society'' and its relevance to contemporary s.