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Policy PressISBN
978-1447341079Dimensions
Imprint
Policy Press
Richard Titmuss
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This is the first full-length biography of Richard Titmuss, a pioneer of social policy research and an influential figure in Britain’s post-war welfare debates.
Drawing on his own papers, publications, and interviews with those who knew him, the book discusses Titmuss’s ideas, particularly those around the principles of altruism and social solidarity, as well as his role in policy and academic networks at home and overseas. It is an enlightening portrait of a man who deepened our understanding of social problems as well as the policies that respond most effectively to them.
John Stewart is Emeritus Professor of the History of Healthcare at Glasgow Caledonian University. He has written extensively on the history of social welfare, focusing on Britain, Scotland, and New Zealand.
Introduction
Part 1: Early Life and Career to the End of 1941
‘As the Son of a Farmer…’: Origins, Early Employment, and Personal Life
Politics: The Liberal Party, the ‘Fleet Street Parliament’, and Forward March
The Eugenics Society, Poverty and Population, and ‘Manpower and Health’
The Titmuss Gospel and Progressive Opinion
Part 2: From Problems of Social Policy to the London School of Economics
Problems of Social Policy: Researching and Fire-Watching
Titmuss and the Eugenics Society in War
Titmuss and the Media in the 1940s – a Growing Reputation
Population and Family: Parents Revolt and the Beginnings of Social Medicine
The London School of Economics and ‘Social Administration in a Changing Society’
Part 3: First Decade at the LSE
Setting Out His Stall
The Guillebaud Committee and the Early Years of the National Health Service
Pensions and Old Age
‘We Have Our Differences and Do Not Always See Eye to Eye’: Social Work and Social Work Training
Essays on ‘The Welfare State’ and The Irresponsible Society
Part 4: Power and Influence: Titmuss, 1960 to 1973
‘The Apostle of Equality’: Titmuss and R.H. Tawney
Mental Health, Community Care, and Medical Education
Mauritius, Tanzania, and Israel
Scottish Social Work and the Seebohm Committee
Commitment to Welfare and the Finer Committee on One-Parent Families
Titmuss and North America: Early Encounters and First Visit
Helping American Scholars on British Topics
Titmuss and President Johnson’s ‘War on Poverty’
‘One of the Greatest Human Beings of Our Time’: Titmuss’s Influence on North American Thinking on Social Welfare
Part 5: Troubles?
The Labour Government, Social Policy, and the Supplementary Benefits Commission
A Public Figure in Turbulent Times: Vietnam, Race Relations, and the Common Market
Health Care, the Market, and the Institute of Economic Affairs: the Making of The Gift Relationship
‘It Really Is Hell’: Disruption at the LSE
‘A New Prophet Had Appeared in Our Midst’: Final Illness, Death, and Memorial Service
Part 6: Conclusion
A Commitment to Welfare: The Life and Work of Richard Titmuss
