What's in a title: Understanding meanings in community care

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Extracts

The following extracts are taken from Chapters 5 and 15; Understanding Care, Welfare and Community: A Reader (Blytheway et al, 2001) published by Routledge in association with The Open University © The Open University

5.1: Herbert J. Gans, ‘Ways of Labelling the Poor?, from The War Against the Poor, pp. 14?18, Basic Books, 1995. Copyright © 1995 by Herbert J. Gans. Published by Basic Books, a member of Perseus Books, L.L.C.

5.2: David G. Green, ‘An End to Welfare Rights: the Discovery of Independence?, Institute of Economic Affairs, pp. 67?9, Civitas, 1999.

5.3: Gladys Gibson (in the voice of). ‘An Unemployment Investigator in the 1930s? from © Nigel Gray, The Worst of Times, Wildwood House, 1985, pp. 60?1, Ashgate Publishing Limited.

5.4: Cliff Prior, ‘Disabled People and Disincentives to Work?, published from ‘Swallowed up by the system?, Community Care, pp. 26?27, 29 July?4 August 1999, Community Care.

5.5: Peter Beresford and Suzy Croft, ‘Who Are Social Services For?? from Whose Welfare: Private Care or Public Services, Lewis Cohen Urban Studies Centre, pp.42?44.

5.6: Michael Ignatieff, ‘The Needs of Strangers?, from The Needs of Strangers, Viking, 1984, pp. 9?12, first published by Chatto © Windus. Reprinted by permission of The Random House Group Ltd, (Territories, British Commonwealth) Sheil Land Associates Ltd for remaining territories.

15: Meera Syal, an extract from Anita and Me, pp. 57?68, Flamingo, 1997, © Meera Syal 1996. Reproduced by permission of the Author, C/o Rogers, Coleridge & White Limited, 20 Powis Mews London W11 1JN

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