Radical Help
How we can remake the relationships between us and revolutionise the welfare state
$25.85
- Paperback
320 pages
- Release Date
1 May 2019
Summary
How should we live: how should we care for one another; grow our capabilities to work, to learn, to love and fully realise our potential? This exciting and ambitious book shows how we can re-design the welfare state for this century.
The welfare state was revolutionary: it lifted thousands out of poverty, provided decent homes, good education and security. But it is out of kilter now: an elaborate and expensive system of managing needs and risks. Today we face new challenges. Our reso…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349009094 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0349009090 |
| Author: | Hilary Cottam |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Virago Press Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 320 |
| Release Date: | 1 May 2019 |
| Weight: | 260g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 126mm x 26mm |
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Packed with moving vignettes … Cottam’s ideas could help transform the way we all live
Packed with moving vignettes … Cottam’s ideas could help transform the way we all live - New Statesman
About The Author
Hilary Cottam
Hilary Cottam is an internationally acclaimed social activist whose work in Britain and with communities around the world has focused on collaborative and affordable solutions to some of the greatest social challenges of our time. Her first book Radical Help was hailed as ‘mind-shifting’ by David Brooks in the New York Times and has been translated internationally. Awarded an OBE in 2019 for services to the welfare state, Hilary has been recognised by Fast Company in the US for her pioneering creativity and by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader. Hilary’s TED talk has had close to a million views.
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