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The goal of abolishing discrimination in society and bringing about equality between people has been integral to welfare policy since the establishment of the welfare state. Richard Titmuss, looking back to those days in the 1940s, commented in a lecture in 1964 that:
built into the public model of social policy in Britain since 1948 there are two major roles or objectives: the redistributive objective and the non-discriminatory objective. To move towards the latter it was believed that a prerequisite was the legal enactment of universal (or comprehensive) systems of national insurance, education, medical care, housing and other direct services. (Titmuss, 1976b, p. 191)
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Barry, M. and Hallet, C. (1999) Social Work and Social Exclusion, Venture Press, Birmingham
Levitas, R. (1998) The Inclusive Society? Social Exclusion and New Labour, Macmillan, Basingstoke — now Palgrave: for theoretical perspectives on social exclusion, citizenship and the social policies of New Labour
Lister, R. (1997) Citizenship: Feminist Perspectives, Macmillan, London — now Palgrave
Thompson, N. (1998) Promoting Equality: Challenging Discrimination and Oppression in the Human Services, Macmillan, London — now Palgrave
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Adams, R. (2002). Tackling Divisions and Inequalities. In: Campling, J. (eds) Social Policy for Social Work. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-230-80178-3_8
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