Unsettling Welfare: The Reconstruction of Social Policy

Unsettling Welfare: The Reconstruction of Social Policyexplores the remaking of the welfare state in the UK at the end of the twentieth century. Treating the welfare state as a social and political construction, it examines the break-up and reconstruction of the relationship between the state and social welfare. The book combines analyses of the wider conflicts, trends and dynamics affecting social welfare with more focused studies of a range of policy areas: housing, education, probation, social care, health and income maintenance.