Understanding social welfare movements (Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, P

Understanding social welfare movements\nby Jason Annetts\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jason Annetts\nTitle: Understanding social welfare movements\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Welfare and benefit systems\nPublisher: Policy Press\nPublication year: 2009\nISBN-13: 9781847420961\nISBN-10: 1847420966\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nContemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. \""Understanding social welfare movements\"" i.