Everyday Welfare in Modern British History: Experience, Expertise and Activism (Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience)

By: Caitríona Beaumont and Eve Colpus and Ruth Davidson

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Synopsis: This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who have sex with women, bereaved families, community groups, individuals living in poverty, adults whose status sits outside professional categories, health service users, and people of faith. Chapters trace how these groups have used their experiences to assert an expert witness status and have sought out new spaces to expand the scope, inclusivity, and applicability of welfare services.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9783031649875
Related ISBNs:: 9783031649868
Publisher:: Springer Nature Switzerland
Date of Addition:: 01/18/25
Copyrighted By:: The Editor
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Social Studies, Philosophy, Politics and Government, Sociology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Caitríona Beaumont
Edited by:: Eve Colpus
Edited by:: Ruth Davidson