PART 1. POLITICS, POLICY MAKING AND IDEAS.
1: Liberalism and Illiberal Social Policy
2: Liberal Democracy and Policy-Making: Knowledge and the Formation
of Social Policy
PART 2. LIBERAL UNREASON
3: Cutting off the Worse: Voluntary Sterilisation in Britain in the
1930s
4: The Gravest Menace?: Eugenics and American Immigration
Policy
PART 3. LIBERAL AMELIORATION AND COLLECTIVISM
5: Reconditioning the Unemployed: the Labour Camps in Britain
6: This Kind of Work Must Go On: The US Civilian Conservation
Corps
PART 4. THE LIBERAL COERCIVE CONTRACT
7: Aroused Like One From Sleep: From New Poor Law to Workfare in
Britain
8: A Second Chance, Not a Way of Life: Welfare as Workfare in the
US
PART 5. COONCLUSION
9: The Future of Social Citizenship
Desmond King is a Professor of Politics and a Fellow of St John's College, Oxford.
`King provides a much needed corrective to unequivocal celebrations
of liberal democracy in his masterly account of the development of
twentieth-century social policies which clearly violate the liberal
principles of equal treatment of individuals and personal
freedom'
Work, Employment & Society, Vol 15, No.2, 2001
`significant observations about the nature of social policy and the
environment in which it is determined'
Work, Employment & Society, Vol 15, No.2, 2001
`substantial and important ... well-written and informative'
Work Employment & Society, Vol 15, No.2, 2001
`scrupulous historical research and careful attention to political
science theory'
Governance (Vol 14, 2001)
`remarkably broad scope and a rich grasp of both theoretical and
empirical scholarship'
Journal of Political Ideologies (2001)
`superb'
Journal of Political Ideologies (2001)
`fascinating material'
Patrick Ireland, The Journal of Politics, Vol 63, Number 3
`penetrating and illuminating research ... King's study required a
formidable research effort in which primary data from public
records in Britain and the United States were consulted. The result
is an oustanding contribution to our understanding of the liberal
tradition and social policies in the two countries.'
Malcolm Shaw, Democratization, Vol.8, 2001
`grounded in solid documentary research'
Comparative Politics
`well-researched'
Kent Worcester, Political Science Quarterly
`This remarkably rich book ... adopts a sophisticated approach ...
an excellent (and all too rare) example of combining social science
analysis, major political and social issues and detailed empirical
evidence to offer a fascinating and coherent study.'
Mark Thatcher, West European Politics, Vol.23, No. 4, Oct.2000.
`a major study ... draws on a remarkable range of primary and
secondary material and is highly readable ... The breadth of the
book, the issues it tackles and its findings make it an outstanding
piece of research that will be widely read and appreciated.'
Mark Thatcher, West European Politics, Vol.23, No. 4, Oct.2000.
`A thoroughly researched and cogently argued work of comparative
history of social policy. It is timely in a society concerned about
'welfare to work' and 'asylum seekers'.'
Michael Rose, The Economic Hist. Rev. Vol.LIII, No. 4, Nov.
2000.
`'Welfare to Work' is just one of several case studies used by
Desmond King in this scholarly account of how seemingly liberal
western democracies slip easily into 'illiberal' social policies
targeted at certain of their citizens. The sweep and scope of
King's book is wide as we might expect from a distinguished
academic researcher. THe book is thoroughly researched, elegantly
written, and acts as a useful source book for further study. Is it
of value to
social workers or social work students? Unquestionably yes. This
book should be compulsory reading for those social work students
each year... who when asked in a seminar what they would do in a
given
situation, simply reply 'At this point I'd ask my team leader''
Terry Thomas, British journal of Social Work Vol.30 No.2
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