The State and Social Investigation in Britain and the United States
Contributors: Michael J. Lacey (Editor); Mary O. Furner (Editor)
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: December 23, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 452
ISBN-13: 9780521528535
Subjects: Social welfare & social services; World history; History: World; History; History - General History; British Isles; USA; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; World - General; Great Britain--Social policy; History / World; Political Science-Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare
First sentence: A passage in Hugh Heclo's study of the rise of the welfare state points to the main concern of this book-the historical development of the knowledge base on which, however precariously, the public policies of modern governments depend.