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Author:   John Stewart
Publisher:   Policy Press
Imprint:   Policy Press
ISBN:  

9781447341055

ISBN 10:   1447341058
Pages:   576
Publication Date:   01 June 2020
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction; Part 1: Early Life and Career to the End of 1941; ‘As the Son of a Farmer…’: Origins, Early Employment, and Personal Life; Politics: The Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward March; The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’; The Titmuss Gospel and Progressive Opinion; Part 2: From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics; Problems of Social Policy: Researching and Fire-Watching; Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in War; Titmuss and the Media in the 1940s – a Growing Reputation; Population and Family: Parents Revolt and the Beginnings of Social Medicine; The London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’; Part 3: First Decade at the LSE; 1Setting Out His Stall; The Guillebaud Committee and the Early Years of the National Health Service; Pensions and Old Age; ‘We Have Our Differences and Do Not Always See Eye to Eye’: Social Work and Social Work Training; Essays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible Society; Part 4: Power and Influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973; ‘The Apostle of Equality’: Titmuss and R.H. Tawney; Mental Health, Community Care, and Medical Education; Mauritius, Tanzania, and Israel; Scottish Social Work and the Seebohm Committee; Commitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent Families; Titmuss and North America: Early Encounters and First Visit; Helping American Scholars on British Topics; Titmuss and President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’; ‘One of the Greatest Human Beings of Our Time’: Titmuss’s Influence on North American Thinking on Social Welfare; Part 5: Troubles?; The Labour Government, Social Policy, and the Supplementary Benefits Commission; A Public Figure in Turbulent Times: Vietnam, Race Relations, and the Common Market; Health Care, the Market, and the Institute of Economic Affairs: the Making of The Gift Relationship; ‘It Really Is Hell’: Disruption at the LSE; ‘A New Prophet Had Appeared in Our Midst’: Final Illness, Death, and Memorial Service; Part 6: Conclusion; A Commitment to Welfare: The Life and Work of Richard Titmuss.

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...Stewart brings his expertise to bear in depicting Titmuss's influential role in both the study and practice of social welfare. As well as generating new insights into the well-known milestones of Titmuss's life, Stewart brings to light sides of his career that have hitherto been almost entirely ignored. New Left Review

"""...Stewart brings his expertise to bear in depicting Titmuss's influential role in both the study and practice of social welfare. As well as generating new insights into the well-known milestones of Titmuss's life, Stewart brings to light sides of his career that have hitherto been almost entirely ignored."" New Left Review"

Author Information

John Stewart is Emeritus Professor of the History of Healthcare at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has written extensively on the history of social welfare, focusing on Britain, Scotland, and New Zealand.

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