For the past four years, the social work department at the University of Hull has been working in partnership with colleagues from Austria, France and Germany to develop a European module on comparative social work. Funded by the EU's SOCRATES programme, this has involved the four European sites...

This book offers insights into the development of social welfare policies in Britain. By identifying continuities in welfare policy, practice and thought throughout history, it offers the potential for the development of new thinking, policy making and practice.