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In the name of liberalism [electronic resource] : illiberal social policy in the USA and Britain / Desmond King.
By: King, Desmond S
.Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1999Description: 1 online resource (xiii, 340 p.).ISBN: 9780191599668 (ebook) :; 0191599662 (ebook) :.Subject(s): Liberalism -- Great Britain | Liberalism -- United States | Public welfare -- Great Britain | Public welfare -- United States | Great Britain -- Social policy | United States -- Social policy | United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century | Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 20th centuryAdditional Physical Form: Print version 9780198296294DDC classification: 361.6'1'0941 Online resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: This study considers examples of social policy in Britain and the US that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It looks at the eugenic arguments in the 1920/30s, the use of work camps in the 1930s and work-for-welfare programmes since the 1980s.
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This study considers examples of social policy in Britain and the US that conflict with liberal democratic ideals. It looks at the eugenic arguments in the 1920/30s, the use of work camps in the 1930s and work-for-welfare programmes since the 1980s.
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.