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This book tells the story of Peter Townsend’s life and work. It shines a light on a country transformed by the welfare state, decolonisation and deindustrialisation, the expansion of higher education and neoliberalism.
Price: $74.95
Pages: 512
Publisher: Bristol University Press
Imprint: Policy Press
Series: LSE Pioneers in Social Policy
Publication Date:
01 June 2027
ISBN: 9781447363514
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Social Scientists & Psychologists, Biography: general, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Social Policy, Social welfare, social policy and social services, Public administration / Public policy, Social theory
Chris Renwick is Professor of Modern History at the University of York.
Introduction
Early Life
Affluence and the Welfare State
Old Age in Post-War Britain
Essex
The Re-discovery of Poverty
The Child Poverty Action Group
The Disability Alliance and the Politics of Inclusion
Poverty and Inequality in 1970s Britain
The Black Report
Sociology and Social Policy in Thatcher’s Britain
Poverty – The International Dimension
New Labour and the Welfare State in the 21st Century
Conclusion