1st Edition

Values in Social Policy Nine Contradictions

By Jean Hardy Copyright 1981
144 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

142 Pages
by Routledge

First published in 1981, Values in Social Policy provides a means towards understanding the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties involved in working in a welfare state. In the nine chapters, Jean Hardy explores the conflicting values posed within nine contradictions: authority versus liberation, for example, or the personal versus the political, equality versus freedom, bureaucracy... Read more

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Authority versus liberation 2. Representative versus participatory theories of government 3. Needs and resources 4. The family: the basis of society or the root of all its problems? 5. Bureaucracy versus professionalism 6. Decision-making: rationality versus negotiation 7. The individual versus the community 8. Equality versus freedom 9. The personal versus the political Notes Bibliography Index

Biography

Jean Hardy