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| Culture: the missing variable in understanding social policy? | | Author(s) | John Baldock |
| Journal title | Social Policy and Administration, vol 33, no 4, special issue, December 1999 |
| Pages | pp 458-473 |
| Keywords | Social welfare ; Social structure ; Social policy ; Theory ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | A culture is made up of the shared beliefs, values and behavioural norms of a community. This paper explores the question, to what extent are a country's social policies the product of its culture? It is argued that the postwar welfare state was a "modernist" project designed to change mass culture. As a result, social policy analysis has tended to ignore the wider culture as both a source and context for welfare. At the beginning of the 21st century new patterns of risk and post-modern cultural formations are supporting eclectic policy-making which is more in tune with cultural majorities. This signals the end of the systematic welfare state. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-991201203 A |
| Classmark | TY: TM: TM2: 4D: 64A |
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