An innovative overview of how the theories and concepts of social anthropology can be applied and used in the study of welfare and community care. Case studies examine welfare in Britain, the USA, Sweden, Germany, Portugal, Japan and New Zealand.
"The Anthropology of Welfare explores how theoretical concepts of anthropology can be applied and used in issues of welfare and community care. It examines the relationship between the cared for, their carers and the social, cultural and political-economic milieu in which their interactions take place. The international contributors, whose work is based in both rural and urban areas, question definitions of "community" and the institutional interfaces involved--between social services and health services and primary and secondary health care.
