Welfare and Human Nature: The Human Subject in Twentieth-Century Social Politics

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Palgrave Macmillan UK, Jun 6, 2000 - Political Science - 210 pages
The subject of human nature has recently returned to the centre of welfare debate in Britain, with prime ministers, politicians and academics addressing the effects of social policy on individual character and morality. This book offers the first serious examination of ideas on human nature and motivation in twentieth century welfare.

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Welfare and Human Nature: The Human Subject in Twentieth-Century Social Politics
Martin Hewitt
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M. Hewitt
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About the author (2000)

MARTIN HEWITT lectures in social policy at the University of Hertfordshire. He is author of Welfare, Ideology and Need (1992) and several articles and contributions to books on welfare theory and the late twentieth-century reconfiguration of welfare.

Bibliographic information

TitleWelfare and Human Nature: The Human Subject in Twentieth-Century Social Politics
AuthorM. Hewitt
Editionillustrated
PublisherPalgrave Macmillan UK, 2000
ISBN0333982436, 9780333982433
Length210 pages
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Political Science / General
Political Science / History & Theory
Political Science / Public Policy / Social Services & Welfare
Social Science / Social Work
Social Science / Sociology / General
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