MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Theorising welfare : enlightenment and modern society /

O'Brien, Martin, 1957-

Theorising welfare : enlightenment and modern society / Martin O'Brien and Sue Penna. - London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : Sage, 1998. - 248 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 232-243) and indexes.

Introduction -- Part one: Enlightenment and progress -- Liberalism -- Marxism -- Part two: Against enlightenment: Questions on power and knowledge -- Neo-liberalism -- Poststructuralism -- Part three: Post-Enlightenment problematics -- Political economy -- Political ecology -- Postmodernism -- Critiques and conclusions.

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Public welfare--History.
Welfare state--History.
Public welfare--Philosophy.
Welfare state--Philosophy.

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