"New capitalism", colonisation and the neo-philanthropic turn in social policy: Applying Luhmann's systems theory to the Big Society project

International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 725-741

  Rodger, John Jackson ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Big Society; Colonisation; Luhmann; Neo philanthropy; Systems theory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885453083     PISSN: 0144333X     EISSN: 17586720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJSSP-02-2013-0022     Document Type: Article

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