Rethinking Welfare: A Critical Perspective by Michael Lavalette (English) Paperb

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I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare' - "Social Policy"The anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in Rethinking Welfare. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare, and use Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy to provide a defence of the welfare state.Divided into three main sections, the first part of this volume looks at the growth of inequality, and social and environmental degradation.Part Two centres on the authors' argument for the relevance of core Marxists concepts in aiding our understanding of social policy. This section includes Marxist approaches to a range of welfare issues, and their implications for studying welfare regimes and practices.Issues covered include:?? Class and class struggle?? Opression?? Alienation and the familyThe last part of the book explores the question of globalization and the consequences of international neo-liberalism on indebted countries as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain. The authors conclude with the prospect of an alternative welfare future which may form part of the challenge against global neo-liberalism.

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The anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in Radical Social Welfare. The authors: * hightlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare * use Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy to provide a defence of the welfare state * explore the question of globalization as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain

Author Biography

Colin Barker is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Alan Johnson is Reader in Sociology and History at the Centre for Studies in the Social Sciences at the Edge Hill College of Higher Education.
Michael Lavalette is Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool.

Table of Contents

IntroductionPART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF MARX`Was he right all along?′Classical Marxism and Social Policy`Incentives and Punishments′Capitalism and WelfarePART TWO: MARXISM AND WELFARE`We are all Classless Nowadays′The Class Structure Today`A Deplorable Concession to the Shade of Karl Marx′Class as Agency`People have Become Objects′The Roots of Alienation`The Complexities of Social Differentiation′Explaining Oppression`The Bedrock of a Decent, Civilised and Stable Society′Capitalism and the FamilyPART THREE: THE NEO-LIBERAL ASSALT`Apocalypse Now′Globalization, Welfare and the State`A System Designed not for Yesterday, but for Today′New Labour and Welfare`…Waiting for Something Else′Welfare Futures

Review

`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare′ - Social Policy"Rethinking Welfare provides researchers and practitioners a compelling reminder of the largely structural and material forces that shape our welfare states. Rethinking Welfare provides a thoughtful and emerging resistance to the identity politics and vulgar social constructionism that has pervaded the academic world and also taken hold in many professional social work schools. The book provides a convincing caveat to the alleged success stories of free markets, structural adjustments and globalization." -- JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY AND SOCIAL WELFARE

Review Quote

"Rethinking Welfare provides researchers and practitioners a compelling reminder of the largely structural and material forces that shape our welfare states. Rethinking Welfare provides a thoughtful and emerging resistance to the identity politics and vulgar social constructionism that has pervaded the academic world and also taken hold in many professional social work schools. The book provides a convincing caveat to the alleged success stories of free markets, structural adjustments and globalization."

Details ISBN0761964185 Author Gerry Mooney Short Title RETHINKING WELFARE Language English ISBN-10 0761964185 ISBN-13 9780761964186 Media Book Format Paperback Year 2002 Subtitle A Critical Perspective Pages 212 Illustrations black & white illustrations Residence Liverpool, ENK Affiliation University of Liverpool, UK Imprint SAGE Publications Inc Place of Publication Thousand Oaks Country of Publication United States DOI 10.1604/9780761964186 UK Release Date 2002-04-23 NZ Release Date 2002-04-23 US Release Date 2002-04-23 Edited by James J. Fawcett Birth 1974 Position Former Professor of International Commerical Law Qualifications Ph.D. Publisher SAGE Publications Inc Publication Date 2002-04-23 Alternative 9780761964179 DEWEY 361.6 Audience Tertiary & Higher Education AU Release Date 2002-04-22 We've got this

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