The Peter Townsend reader

by Alan Walker (Editor), David Gordon (Editor), Ruth Levitas (Editor), Peter Phillimore (Editor), Chris Phillipson (Editor)

Overview

Peter Townsend, who sadly passed away in June 2009, had a long career researching an exceptional range of topics within the social sciences and campaigning against social inequalities.

This reader brings together for the first time a collection of his most distinctive work, allowing readers to review changes and continuities over the past six decades, and reflect on social issues that have returned to the fore today. A particular feature of the volume is in tracing the links between empirical evidence and both social theory and social policy, and how those disciplines intersect.

This reader will provide a teaching and learning resource for students in different disciplines of the social sciences and will also provide an insight into the development of one scientist's entire intellectual approach. We hope it will be a fitting memorial to his life and work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781847424051
Publisher:	Bristol University Press
Publication date:	01/25/2010
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	696
Product dimensions:	6.77(w) x 9.45(h) x 0.06(d)

About the Author

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 Universityand an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at Dublin City University.

Table of Contents

Introduction; Section I: Sociology and social policy ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section II: From welfare state to international welfare ~ edited by Nicola Yeates; Section III: Poverty ~ edited by David Gordon; Section IV: Inequality and social exclusion ~ edited by Ruth Levitas; Section V: Health inequalities and health policy ~ edited by Peter Phillimore; Section VI: Older people ~ edited by Chris Phillipson; Section VII: Disability ~ edited by Alan Walker; Section VIII: Social justice and human rights ~ edited by Margot E. Salomon.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

"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

"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 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

Editorial Reviews

"..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

"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

"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 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

From the Publisher