Ideology and Welfare [Paperback]

This book introduces students to the diversity of theoretical perspectives on welfare, both illuminating the distinctiveness of each ideology and highlighting important continuities in thought. It goes on to illustrate how these theories are reflected in and challenge the development of welfare policy.

Acknowledgements.- Introduction.- Liberalism.- Conservatism.- Social Democracy.- Neo-Liberalism.- Third Way.- Radical Critics: Marxism.- Radical Critics: Feminism.- Radical Critics: Greens.- Conclusion.- Bibliography.

GARY TAYLOR is Senior Lecturer in Applied Social Science at Sheffield Hallam University. He has written a number of books on social and political theory, social policy and on the media.Covers all the key classical and contemporary political ideologies including neoliberalism and the third way
Clear structure allows readers to make comparisons between ideological positions
Theoretical perspectives illustrated throughout with policy examples