Palgrave Studies in the History of Experience: Experience, Expertise and Activism

Beaumont, Caitríona; Colpus, Eve; Davidson, Ruth

This open access book offers a new approach to understandings of welfare in modern Britain. Foregrounding the agency individuals and groups claimed through experiential expertise, it traces deep connections between personal experience, welfare, and activism across diverse settings in modern Britain. The experiential experts studied in this collection include women, students, children, women who have sex with women, bereaved families, community groups, individuals living in poverty, adults whose status sits outside professional categories, health service users, and people of faith. Chapters trace how these groups have used their experiences to assert an expert witness status and have sought out new spaces to expand the scope, inclusivity, and applicability of welfare services.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2025-12-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9783031649899

DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-64987-5

Dimensions: 210cm x148cm

Pages: 381