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Postmodern Welfare : Reconstructing an Emancipatory Project.
Peter Leonard provides an accessible analysis of debates about the crisis of the welfare state under the contemporary conditions of postmodern scepticism and the triumphs of global market capitalism. In the last two decades Western governments have sought to replace the post-war welfare compact with...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Sage Publications,
1997.
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Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Peter Leonard provides an accessible analysis of debates about the crisis of the welfare state under the contemporary conditions of postmodern scepticism and the triumphs of global market capitalism. In the last two decades Western governments have sought to replace the post-war welfare compact with neo-conservative individualism. The prospects for the Left look bleak. At the same time, postmodern critique raises profound questions about the validity of a mass politics of emancipation based on the universal values of justice, reason and progress. From a critical perspective founded in Marxism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (204 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [180]-184) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780857026057 0857026054 1446278891 9781446278895 1282623443 9781282623446 9786612623448 6612623446 |
| Language: | English. |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Print version record. |