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Understanding social welfare movements is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. The book provides a timely and much needed overview of the changing nature of social welfare as it has been shaped by the demands of social movements.
Introduction; Part one: Social movements and welfare: ideology, history and theory: Protest and principle in state welfare; The making of modern social welfare movements; Theorising social welfare movements and social welfare; Part two: Social movements and the classical welfare state: Fighting idleness and want: movements of the unemployed; Fighting sickness: the women's health movement; Fighting squalor: urban social movements; Fighting ignorance: social movements and the making of modern education; Part three: Contemporary social movements and social welfare: Contesting the family: LGBT and conservative counter-movements; Contesting discrimination: anti-racist movements; Contesting the environment: eco-welfare movements; Contesting neoliberalism: global social justice movements; Conclusion.
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