Welfare: Needs, Rights, and RisksMary Langan Psychology Press, 1998 - 282 pages Welfare: Needs, Rights and Risks addresses the question of how people get access to social welfare in the UK today. It explores the public, political and professional definitions, constructions and conflicts about who should receive social welfare and under what conditions. In a period during which the rationing, targeting and selective provision of welfare have become more significant, more visible and more disputed, this book examines how individuals and groups come to be defined as in need, at risk or deserving of welfare. |
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... groups - and the role of social policy in that process . This third book , Welfare : Needs , Rights and Risks , focuses on a rather different issue , namely the questions of who gets welfare and under what conditions . The book examines ...
... groups - and the role of social policy in that process . This third book , Welfare : Needs , Rights and Risks , focuses on a rather different issue , namely the questions of who gets welfare and under what conditions . The book examines ...
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... groups use the term ' needs ' in order to make a claim on social attention or resources . Groups talk about ' having needs ' or ' being in need ' because the word ' need ' itself is part of political discourse : it is a legitimate term ...
... groups use the term ' needs ' in order to make a claim on social attention or resources . Groups talk about ' having needs ' or ' being in need ' because the word ' need ' itself is part of political discourse : it is a legitimate term ...
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... groups to examine how their ' welfare needs ' have been constructed ( children in Chapter 4 , adolescents in Chapter 5 ) . Chapters 1 and 6 have a rather wider focus : they address the changing politics of need and the question of who ...
... groups to examine how their ' welfare needs ' have been constructed ( children in Chapter 4 , adolescents in Chapter 5 ) . Chapters 1 and 6 have a rather wider focus : they address the changing politics of need and the question of who ...
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