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Zusatztext 'Welfare to Work' is just one of several case studies used by Desmond King in this scholarly account of how seemingly liberal western democracies slip easily into 'illiberal' social policies targeted at certain of their citizens. The sweep and scope of King's book is wide as we might expect from a distinguished academic researcher. THe book is thoroughly researched, elegantly written, and acts as a useful source book for further study. Is it of value to social workers or social work students? Unquestionably yes. This book should be compulsory reading for those social work students each year... who when asked in a seminar what they would do in a given situation, simply reply 'At this point I'd ask my team leader' Informationen zum Autor Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. Klappentext This book investigates examples of social policy in Britain and the United States that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It examines the use of eugenic arguments in the 1920s and 1930s! the use of work camps in the 1930s! and the introduction of work-for-welfare programs since the 1980s. The author argues that government accommodation of illiberal policies are a paradox of a liberal democratic framework. Zusammenfassung Examines why the British and North American governments adopted illiberal social policies during this by this century. This book argues that existing accounts of American and British political development neglect how illiberal social policies are intertwined in the creation of modern liberal democratic institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART 1. POLITICS, POLICY MAKING AND IDEAS. 1: Liberalism and Illiberal Social Policy 2: Liberal Democracy and Policy-Making: Knowledge and the Formation of Social Policy PART 2. LIBERAL UNREASON 3: Cutting off the Worse: Voluntary Sterilisation in Britain in the 1930s 4: The Gravest Menace?: Eugenics and American Immigration Policy PART 3. LIBERAL AMELIORATION AND COLLECTIVISM 5: Reconditioning the Unemployed: the Labour Camps in Britain 6: This Kind of Work Must Go On: The US Civilian Conservation Corps PART 4. THE LIBERAL COERCIVE CONTRACT 7: Aroused Like One From Sleep: From New Poor Law to Workfare in Britain 8: A Second Chance, Not a Way of Life: Welfare as Workfare in the US PART 5. COONCLUSION 9: The Future of Social Citizenship ...
