Welfare and Human Nature

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.

Autorentext

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.

Inhalt
Acknowledgements Introduction PART I: MAINSTREAM TRADITIONS IN SOCIAL POLICY Social Democracy and Human Nature Equality and Difference in the Postwar Years Human Nature and the Right PART II: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON HUMAN NATURE Marx, Marxism and Human Nature Marxism, Human Nature and Need Feminism, the Politics of Recognition and Social Policy Conclusion Bibliography Index