The Institutionalization of Social Welfare: A Study of Medicalizing Management

by Mikael Holmqvist

Today most countries rely on formally organized welfare programs - in some cases to the extent that they are labeled "welfare states". These programs, which have been constructed over the last decades, make up a larger national and international system of good intentions. Overall, it appears inconceivable to imagine "civilized society" without a comprehensive organizational system of social welfare. Social welfare has become a "holy cow" in many...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415958024
• ISBN13: 9780415958028
• Release Date: November 2007
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.5" x 9.2"