Inferior Politics. Social Problems and Social Policies in Eighteenth-Century Britain, Paperback/***

Inferior Politics explores how social policy was created in Britain in a period when central government was not active in making it. Despite the lack of consensus, there was a lively and inclusive 'politics' of social policy-making, in which 'inferior' officers of government (what we might call 'local authorities') figured prominently. Publisher: Oxford University Press Author(s): Joanna (Professor, Professor, Somerville College, Oxford) Innes Illustration(s): 3 b/w halftone, 10 line drawings Number of pages: 384 Collection: The Past and Present Book Series Publication date: 2021 Dimensions: 235 x 159 x 20 Cover type: Paperback / softback