Sheard, Sally (2013) The passionate economist: how Brian Abel-Smith shaped global health and social welfare. Policy Press, Bristol, UK. ISBN 9781447314844
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Brian Abel-Smith was one of the most influential expert advisers of the twentieth century in shaping social welfare. He was a modern-day Thomas Paine, driven by a strong socialist mission to improve the lives of the poorest. This valuable and accessible book is the first biography of Abel-Smith. It takes a historical perspective to analyse the development of health and social welfare systems since the 1950s, exposing the critical impact of long-running debates on poverty and state responsibility, especially in Britain. This book also provides the first comparative study of how developing countries sought better health and social welfare, enabled by the World Health Organisation and other agencies for whom Abel-Smith regularly worked. ,,This book offers an engaging and useful study for students and researchers in health and social policy, history, politics and economics. It will also be essential reading for professionals working in those government ministries and institutions that Brian Abel-Smith helped to shape. LSE Pioneers in Social Policy, This the first book in the LSE Pioneers in Social Policy series. Brian Abel-Smith Richard Titmuss and Peter Townsend were based at the London School of Economics and Political Science and made major contributions to the development of policies on the elderly, health care, law, poverty and welfare in the 20th century. This series of biographies tells the stories of these outstanding individuals: their backgrounds, ideas and work.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Official URL: | http://www.policypress.co.uk/index.asp? |
| Additional Information: | © 2013 Policy Press |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Nov 2013 15:49 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 21:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/54455 |
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