The State and Caring

Close, P. (ed.)

ISBN 10: 033356667X / ISBN 13: 9780333566671

Editore: Macmillan, 1992

This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in fair condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,500grams, ISBN:9780333566671. Codice articolo 9906279

Riassunto:

A set of essays critically assessing aspects of the state's involvement in caring in modern societies, with particular reference to Britain, Japan, the United States, Australia and New Zealand. Paul Close is also the editor of "Family and Economy in Modern Society".

Contenuti: List of Figures and Tables - Notes on the Contributors - Acknowledgements - Introduction; P.Close - State Care, Control and Contradictions: Theorising Resistance, Change and Progress in Modern Society; P.Close - Pursuing Errant Fathers: Maintenance Systems in Three Western Countries; R.Collins - Born in Poverty: the Social Dimensions of Births Outside Marriage; R.Collins & A.Macleod - Benign or Sinister? Parental Responsibility and State Intervention in Britain; S.Jackson - The State and Social Welfare in Japan: Patterns and Developments; R.Komatsu - The State and the Survivors of Hiroshima; K.Kodama - State Care and Control in Japan: the Employment Guidance and Referral Process for School Leavers; K.Okano - Education and the Facade of Care: an Australian Case Study; E.Hatton - Constructing Social Care: the Australian Dilemma; D.Edgar - Against the Odds: Community Based Care and Psychiatric Disabilities in Britain and New Zealand; J.Leibrich - Bibliography - Index

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Titolo: The State and Caring
Casa editrice: Macmillan
Data di pubblicazione: 1992
Legatura: Rilegato
Condizione: Good
Condizione sovraccoperta: sovraccoperta