Idealism Versus Non-Idealism in the Construction of British Social Policy, 1880-2000

Drawing on recent historical research, the book reconsiders and challenges many long-held beliefs about the 'evolution' of social policy; presents a wide-ranging reappraisal of links between social theories and changes in social policy; pays particular attention to the importance of idealist social thought as an intellectual framework for understanding the 'welfare state' and [vbTab]has a distinctive focus on the importance of ideas in the history of social policy.Different ideas about the me…