Social Relations and Social Exclusion Rethinking Political Economy

Informationen zum Autor Peter Somerville is Professor in Social Policy at the University of Lincolnshire and Humberside. He has published widely on issues of housing, social exclusion and community empowerment. Klappentext Examining the rational individual, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. It explores how far we make sense of society on the assumption that people act as independent and free individuals, exercising rational choice. Re-examining the family, community, workplace and state, the author offers a thorough and original critique of the social policies of 'New Labour'. Zusammenfassung Taking the rational individual as its primary social unit, this book develops a new approach to the theory of social relations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Households and Families; Chapter 3 Communities and Community Development; Chapter 4 Contractual Relations and Social Divisions; Chapter 5 State–Citizen Relations and Social Justice; Chapter 6 Policy Implications; Chapter 7 Conclusion;

Product details

• Authors: Peter Somerville, Somerville Peter
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2000
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general)
• EAN: 9780415240406
• ISBN: 978-0-415-24040-6
• Pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Studies in Governance and Public Policy
• Subjects: State, SOCIAL SCIENCE / General, perspective, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Labour, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Theory, Social groups, domestic, Market, rational choice, Citizen, Social groups and identities, Choice, contractual relations, Social Reproduction, collective action problems, chicken game, Common Language, disciplinary power, contractual, state citizen relations, Postwar Hegemony, Conditional Co-operation, postwar settlement, Utilitarian Norm, Capitalist Labour Processes, Informal Group Relations, Male Breadwinner Role, Domestic Labour Process, Female Domestic Responsibility, Technical Assistance Approach, Rational Choice Point, Housekeeping Allowance System, social settlement, Exclusionary Groups, Chicken Model