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Title The anthropology of welfare / edited by Ian R. Edgar and Andrew Russell.

Publication Info. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998.

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 University of Saint Joseph: Pope Pius XII Library - Internet  WORLD WIDE WEB E-BOOK EBSCO    Downloadable
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Description 1 online resource (xii, 268 pages) : illustrations
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Research and practice in the anthropology of welfare -- 'You just get on with it': questioning models of welfare dependency in a rural community -- Concepts of community in changing health care: a study of change in midwifery practice -- The child welfare debate in Portugal: a case study of a children's home -- 'Equal, but different'? Welfare, gender ideology and a 'mothers' centre' in southern Germany -- The co-operation concept in a team of Swedish social workers: applying grid and group to studies of community care.
Summary An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.
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Online resource; title from HTML home page (EBSCO, viewed May 8, 2014).
Local Note EBSCOhost SocINDEX with Full Text
Subject Public welfare.
Social service.
Ethnology.
Community organization.
Social policy.
Community organization. (OCoLC)fst01432034
Ethnology. (OCoLC)fst00916106
Public welfare. (OCoLC)fst01083250
Social policy. (OCoLC)fst01122738
Social service. (OCoLC)fst01123192
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Edgar, Iain R., editor.
Russell, Andrew, 1958- editor.
Other Form: Print version: Anthropology of welfare. London ; New York : Routledge, 1998 041516964X (DLC) 97049568 (OCoLC)38010734
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