The Anthropology of Welfare

An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.

List of contents

1 Research and practice in the anthropology of welfare 2 ‘You just get on with it’: questioning models of welfare dependency in a rural community 3 Concepts of community in changing health care: a study of change in midwifery practice 4 The child welfare debate in Portugal: a case study of a children’s home 5 ‘Equal, but different’? Welfare, gender ideology and a ‘mothers’ centre’ in southern Germany 6 The co-operation concept in a team of Swedish social workers: applying grid and group to studies of community care 7 Caring communities or effective networks? Community care and people with learning difficulties in South Wales 8 Staff models and practice: managing ‘trouble’ in a community-based programme for chronically mentally ill adults in the USA 9 A local anthropology of exclusion 10 Considering the culture of community care: anthropological accounts of the experiences of frontline carers, older people and a researcher 11 Treasures on Earth: housing assets, public policy and older people in New Zealand 12 Residents’ participation in the management of retirement housing in the UK 13 Using experiential research methods: the potential contribution of humanistic groupwork methods to anthropology and welfare research

About the author

Iain R. Edgar and Andrew Russell are both Lecturers in Anthropology at the University of Durham.

Summary

An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.

Product details

• Assisted by: Iain Edgar (Editor), Andrew Russell (Editor), Russell Andrew (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.06.1998
• EAN: 9780415169646
• ISBN: 978-0-415-16964-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Weight: 680 g
• Illustrations: Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; Sociology, MEDICAL / Health Care Delivery, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social groups, Health & personal development, Social Work, Social issues & processes, Social and cultural anthropology, Social and ethical issues, Health, Relationships and Personal development, Social groups, communities and identities