From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion
John Welshman
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Description for From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion
hardcover. This book explores the history of debates over 'transmitted deprivation' and their relationship with current initiatives on social exclusion. Acknowledging the intellectual debt that New Labour owes to Sir Keith Joseph, the author highlights striking similarities between the Government's attempts to tackle social exclusion and earlier debates. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: JFFA; JKSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
John Welshman's new book fills a major gap in social policy: the history of debates over 'transmitted deprivation', and their relationship with current initiatives on social exclusion. The book explores the content and background to Sir Keith Joseph's famous 'cycle of deprivation' speech in 1972, examining his own personality and family background, his concern with 'problem families', and the wider policy context of the early 1970s. Tracing the direction taken by the DHSS-SSRC Research Programme on Transmitted Deprivation, it seeks to understand why the Programme was set up, and why it took the direction it did. With this background, ... Read more
John Welshman's new book fills a major gap in social policy: the history of debates over 'transmitted deprivation', and their relationship with current initiatives on social exclusion. The book explores the content and background to Sir Keith Joseph's famous 'cycle of deprivation' speech in 1972, examining his own personality and family background, his concern with 'problem families', and the wider policy context of the early 1970s. Tracing the direction taken by the DHSS-SSRC Research Programme on Transmitted Deprivation, it seeks to understand why the Programme was set up, and why it took the direction it did. With this background, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Policy Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Bristol, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781861348357
SKU
V9781861348357
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-50
About John Welshman
John Welshman is Senior Lecturer in Public Health at the Institute for Health Research, Lancaster University, UK.
Reviews for From Transmitted Deprivation to Social Exclusion
"John Welshman's focus is on the origins of Keith Joseph’s analysis in the 1970s, the direction of the government-funded research program that followed it and on the connections between ideas in the 1970s and New Labour’s approach to tackling poverty, social exclusion and anti-social behavior. He takes the perspective of a social historian, relying primarily on published documents, extensive archival ... Read more