Social research and social reform : essays in honour of A.H. Halsey / edited by Colin Crouch and Anthony Heath
1992, 1st edition. Oxford New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #395217
ISBN: 0198278543
Physical description; xviii, 401 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-386) and index. Contents; Canon Barnett : ethical socialist / Julia Parker -- Conceptions of social work / Juliet Cheetham -- Citizenship and community in British political debate / Colin Crouch -- Social movements and disordered bodies : the reform of birth, sex, drink, and death in Britain since 1850 / Rory Williams -- Government against poverty in the European Community / Graham Room -- School history and school effectiveness in Scotland / Andrew McPherson and J. Douglas Willms -- Government policies and higher education : a comparison of Britain and the United States, 1630-1860 / Sheldon Rothblatt and Martin Trow -- Towards meritocracy? : recent evidence on an old problem / Anthony Heath, Colin Mills, and Jane Roberts -- From social research to educational policy : 10/65 to the Education Reform Act 1988 / George Smith and Teresa Smith -- Women's studies : theory or practice? / Ann Oakley. Beyond the 'mixed model' : social research and the case for reform of 16-18 education in Britain / David Raffe -- Active labour-market policy : its content, effectiveness, and odd relation to evaluation research / Harold L. Wilensky. Subjects; Sociology Research. Social problems. Social service. Education and state Great Britain. Social policy. Public Policy.
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