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Citizenship, Work and Welfare
Julia Parker
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Description for Citizenship, Work and Welfare
Paperback. An analysis of the changing rights, duties and benefits of citizenship in nineteenth and twentieth century Britain. Parker focuses on the difficulties of honouring citizenship entitlements at the end of the twentieth century, in a society with rising expectations, persistent unemployment, and an ageing poplulation. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; HBTB; JKS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Citizenship, Work and Welfare analyses changing definitions of citizenship, particularly in relation to work, in 19th and 20th-century Britain. It traces the debates about the responsibilities of government and the entitlements and obligations of individuals that developed in response to the social and economic problems of industrialization. It shows how conceptions of the rights of citizenship have moved beyond basic necessities to the idea of 'inclusion' - the ability to take part in normal social activities. The book closes with a discussion of the difficulties of honouring citizenship entitlements at the end of the 20th century in a society with ... Read more
Citizenship, Work and Welfare analyses changing definitions of citizenship, particularly in relation to work, in 19th and 20th-century Britain. It traces the debates about the responsibilities of government and the entitlements and obligations of individuals that developed in response to the social and economic problems of industrialization. It shows how conceptions of the rights of citizenship have moved beyond basic necessities to the idea of 'inclusion' - the ability to take part in normal social activities. The book closes with a discussion of the difficulties of honouring citizenship entitlements at the end of the 20th century in a society with ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Number of Pages
211
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333673614
SKU
V9780333673614
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99-15
About Julia Parker
Julia Parker is Lecturer in Social Administration at the University of Oxford.
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