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Zusatztext This thoughtful! wide-ranging and clearly written text provides both a useful introduction to the subject of social rights and a valuable critical analysis of their meaning and significance. Hartley Dean's exposition of a 'post-Marshallian' theory of social rights gives plenty of food for thought.Professor the Baroness (Ruth) Lister of BurtersettEmeritus Professor of Social Policy? Loughborough University Informationen zum Autor Hartley Dean is professor of social policy at the London School of Economics. His 30 years in academia were preceded by a 12-year career as a welfare rights worker in one of London's most deprived multicultural neighbourhoods. His principal teaching and research interests stem from concerns with poverty, social justice and welfare rights. Among his more recently published books are Welfare Rights and Social Policy (Prentice Hall, 2002), Social Policy (Polity, 2006 & 2012) and Understanding Human Need (The Policy Press, 2010). Klappentext An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing and is ideal for students and researchers in social policy and related applied social science, socio-legal studies and social development fields. Zusammenfassung An essential introduction to rights-based approaches in social policy, this text critically explores how social rights underpin human wellbeing and is ideal for students and researchers in social policy and related applied social science, socio-legal studies and social development fields. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1: Social Rights in Theory 1. The Social Rights of Citizenship 2. Human Needs and Human Rights 3. Ethics and Social Welfare 4. Critiques of Social Rights Part 2: Social Rights in Practice 5. Social Rights in Global Context 6. Rights to Livelihood 7. Rights to Human Services 8. Rights of Redress Part 3: Re-Thinking Social Rights 9. Social Rights and Social Development 10. The Future of Social Rights ...
