The Peter Townsend reader
eBook - PDF

The Peter Townsend reader

  1. 696 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Peter Townsend reader

About this book

Peter Townsend, who sadly passed away in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities. This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect. This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences and will also provide an insight into the development of one scientist's entire intellectual approach. We hope it will be a fitting memorial to his life and work.

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Table of contents

  1. THE PETER TOWNSENDREADER
  2. Contents
  3. Note for readers
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Notes on the section editors
  6. Introduction
  7. BR006_Section I_Sociology and social policy_3.pdf
  8. BR006_Section II_From welfare state_3.pdf
  9. BR006_Section III_Poverty_3.pdf
  10. BR006_now_Section IV_Inequality and social exclusion_3.pdf
  11. BR006_now_Section V_Health inequalities and health policy.pdf
  12. BR006_now Section VI_Older people_3.pdf
  13. BR006_now_Section VII_Disability_3.pdf
  14. BR006_Section VIII_Social justice and human rights_3.pdf