Richard Titmuss; Welfare and Society - 2nd Edition by D Reisman (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

Richard Titmuss, Professor at the London School of Economics, adviser to governments, prolific author, was instrumental in shaping the new disciplines of Social Policy and Administration. He made a valuable contribution to social philosophy through his attempt to integrate welfare into its broad social context. In this revised edition of his well-known book, Professor Reisman relies on the whole of Titmuss's work, unpublished as well as published, to explain and evaluate the theories of this provocative but often difficult author.

Review Quotes

'Like Durkheim's and Weber's, Titmuss' reputation as one of the great innovators in the social sciences will survive and grow. His achievement will be the subject of continuous review and reappraisal. David Reisman's book is greatly to be welcomed as one of the first contributions to that debate and as an exciting and original work in its own right'. - Robert Pinker

'This was a brave book to write....is brightly written and eminently readable'. - T.H.Marshall, Journal of Social Policy

About the Author

DAVID REISMAN is Professor of Economics in the University of Surrey. He is the author of Adam Smith's Sociological Economics, Richard Titmuss: Welfare and Society, Galbraith and Market Capitalism, State and Welfare, The Economics of Alfred Marshall, Alfred Marshall: Progress and Politics, The Political Economy of James Buchanan, Theories of Collective Action, Alfred Marshall's Mission, The Political Economy of Health Care, Market and Health, Crosland's Future: Opportunity and Outcome, Anthony Crosland: The Mixed Economy and Conservative Capitalism.