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Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society
David Reisman
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Description for Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society
Hardcover. Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, and prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of social policy and administration. This work explains and evaluates the theories of this provocative but often difficult author. Num Pages: 314 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JKS; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 608.
Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of Social Policy and Administration. He made a valuable contribution to social philosophy through his attempt to integrate welfare into its broad social context. In this revised edition of his well-known book, Professor Reisman relies on the whole of Titmuss's work, unpublished as well as published, to explain and evaluate the theories of this provocative but often difficult author.
Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of Social Policy and Administration. He made a valuable contribution to social philosophy through his attempt to integrate welfare into its broad social context. In this revised edition of his well-known book, Professor Reisman relies on the whole of Titmuss's work, unpublished as well as published, to explain and evaluate the theories of this provocative but often difficult author.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
307
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333800508
SKU
V9780333800508
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99-15
About David Reisman
DAVID REISMAN is Professor of Economics in the University of Surrey. He is the author of Adam Smith's Sociological Economics, Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society, Galbraith and Market Capitalism, State and Welfare, The Economics of Alfred Marshall, Alfred Marshall: Progress and Politics, The Political Economy of James Buchanan, Theories of Collective Action, Alfred Marshall's Mission, The Political Economy of Health ... Read more
Reviews for Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society
'Like Durkheim's and Weber's, Titmuss' reputation as one of the great innovators in the social sciences will survive and grow. His achievement will be the subject of continuous review and reappraisal. David Reisman's book is greatly to be welcomed as one of the first contributions to that debate and as an exciting and original work in its own right'. - ... Read more