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The Peter Townsend reader
— edited by the Policy Press | | Author(s) | Alan Walker, David Gordon, Ruth Levitas |
| Publisher | The Policy Press, Bristol, 2010 |
| Pages | 696 pp |
| Source | The Policy Press, University of Bristol, Fourth Floor, Beacon House, Queen's Road, Bristol BS8 1QU. http://www.policypress.co.uk |
| Keywords | Social policy ; Social welfare ; Poverty ; Health [elderly] ; Physical disabilities ; Rights [elderly]. |
| Annotation | Peter Townsend, who died in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities. This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and to reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. Seven editors edit eight themed sections: Sociology and social policy; From welfare state to international welfare; Poverty; Inequality and social exclusion; Health inequalities and health policy; Older people; Disability; and Social justice and human rights. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect. This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences, and will also provide an insight into the development of one social scientist's entire intellectual approach. It is hoped it will be a fitting memorial to Peter Townsend's life and work. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-101013201 B |
| Classmark | TM2: TY: W6: CC: BN: IKR |
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