The Peter Townsend reader by Alan Walker

The Peter Townsend reader by Alan Walker

This reader brings together for the first time a collection of Peter Townsend's most distinctive work, allowing readers to review the changes that have taken place over the past six decades, and reflect on issues that have returned to the fore today.

".this reader is an inspiration to us to collect and publish evidence in the cause of social change - and that, I'm sure, is the legacy for which Townsend would have wished. (It) is everything which students of social policy would have asked for." Citizens' Income Newsletter
"A valuable selection from the writings of an outstanding sociologist whose analyses have greatly enriched our understanding of social policy and its impact on people’s lives and the wider society." Adrian Sinfield, Professor Emeritus of Social Policy, School of Social and Political Science, University of Edinburgh
"This collection of Peter Townsend's writing is a tribute to his breadth of scholarship, and the superb clarity of his writing and his commitment will continue to inspire social scientists." Professor Jonathan Bradshaw, Department of Social Policy and Social work, University of York
"This invaluable collection introduces readers to a wide range of Peter Townsend's writings over half a century. It is a fitting memorial to an outstanding scholar and campaigner." Professor Ruth Lister, Department of Social Sciences, Loughborough University

David Gordon is Director of the Townsend Centre for International Poverty Research and Professor of Social Justice in the School for Policy

Studies, University of Bristol.

Ruth Levitas has been Professor of Sociology at Bristol since 2001, and a member of the Department of Sociology at Bristol since 1979.

Peter Phillimore is professor of social anthropology at Newcastle University, in the School of Geography, Politics and Sociology.

Chris Phillipson has held the post of Professor of Applied Social Studies and Social Gerontology, at the University of Keele since 1988. C

Margot E. Salomon is Senior Lecturer at the Centre for the Study of Human Rights and Law Department, London School of Economics and

Political Science.

Alan Walker joined the Department of Sociological Studies at the University of Sheffield in 1977 and has been a Lecturer, Senior Lecturer

and Reader in Social Policy.

Nicola Yeates is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the Open University and an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Dublin City University.

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ISBN 13	9781847424044
ISBN 10	184742404X
Title	The Peter Townsend reader
Author	Alan Walker
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Policy Press
Year published	2010-01-25
Number of pages	696
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