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Klappentext `I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare' - Social Policyhe anti-capitalist movement is increasingly challenging the global hegemony of neo-liberalism. The arguments against the neo-liberal agenda are clearly articulated in Rethinking Welfare. The authors highlight the growing inequalities and decimation of state welfare. Using Marxist approaches to contemporary social policy they provide a defence of the welfare state. They explore the question of globalization as well as the neo-liberal agenda of the Conservative and New Labour governments in Britain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction PART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF MARX `Was he right all along?¿ Classical Marxism and Social Policy `Incentives and Punishments¿ Capitalism and Welfare PART TWO: MARXISM AND WELFARE `We are all Classless Nowadays¿ The Class Structure Today `A Deplorable Concession to the Shade of Karl Marx¿ Class as Agency `People have Become Objects¿ The Roots of Alienation `The Complexities of Social Differentiation¿ Explaining Oppression `The Bedrock of a Decent, Civilised and Stable Society¿ Capitalism and the Family PART THREE: THE NEO-LIBERAL ASSALT `Apocalypse Now¿ Globalization, Welfare and the State `A System Designed not for Yesterday, but for Today¿ New Labour and Welfare `...Waiting for Something Else¿ Welfare Futures
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Introduction
PART ONE: THE RELEVANCE OF MARX
`Was he right all along?'
Classical Marxism and Social Policy
`Incentives and Punishments'
Capitalism and Welfare
PART TWO: MARXISM AND WELFARE
`We are all Classless Nowadays'
The Class Structure Today
`A Deplorable Concession to the Shade of Karl Marx'
Class as Agency
`People have Become Objects'
The Roots of Alienation
`The Complexities of Social Differentiation'
Explaining Oppression
`The Bedrock of a Decent, Civilised and Stable Society'
Capitalism and the Family
PART THREE: THE NEO-LIBERAL ASSALT
`Apocalypse Now'
Globalization, Welfare and the State
`A System Designed not for Yesterday, but for Today'
New Labour and Welfare
`...Waiting for Something Else'
Welfare Futures
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`I would encourage undergraduates students to read it, for it does summarise well a classical Marxist analysis of social policy and welfare' - Social Policy
