Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfare

Postmodern ideas have been vastly influential in the social sciences and beyond. However, their impact on the study of social policy has been minimal.Postmodernity and the Fragmentation of Welfareanalyzes the potential for a postmodern or cultural turn in welfare as it treats postmodernity as an evolving canon--from the seminal works of Baudrillard, Foucault and Lyotard, through to recent theories of the "risk society." The contributors, who come from a variety of fields, bring to light how theorizations of postmodernity might improve understanding the welfare issues of today while addresssing the old questions of power and inequality.