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Rethinking Citizenship: Welfare, Ideology and Change in Modern Society
Maurice Roche
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Description for Rethinking Citizenship: Welfare, Ideology and Change in Modern Society
Paperback. Citizenship rights have become vital to our sense of personal identity and social membership in modern society. In this book Maurice Roche argues that today we have to shift from the conventional post--war politics of social rights to a new politics of social obligations and personal responsibility. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JFFN; JPVH1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
Citizenship rights have become vital to our sense of personal identity and social membership in modern society. In this book Maurice Roche argues that today we have to shift from the conventional post-war politics of social rights to a new politics of social obligations and personal responsibility. Recent social changes have created new problems which require rethinking of both social policy and the welfare state.
Citizenship rights have become vital to our sense of personal identity and social membership in modern society. In this book Maurice Roche argues that today we have to shift from the conventional post-war politics of social rights to a new politics of social obligations and personal responsibility. Recent social changes have created new problems which require rethinking of both social policy and the welfare state.
In a wide-ranging discussion Roche provides a new analysis and assessment of citizenship in developed societies. The book is particularly important in its inclusion of an assessment of contemporary debates about the rise of ... Read more
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Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780745603070
SKU
V9780745603070
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99-1
About Maurice Roche
Maurice Roche is Co-Director of the Policy Studies Centre, and also Lecturer in Sociology, both at Sheffield University.
Reviews for Rethinking Citizenship: Welfare, Ideology and Change in Modern Society
'Maurice Roche's timely book Rethinking Citizenship offers a comprehensive overview of the concept of citizenship in social policy. A detailed, informative and highly recommended book.' Journal of Sociology & Social Welfare