Understanding Human Need 2e. Dean, Hartley

      

      Understanding

      Human Need

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      Understanding

      Human Need

      Second edition

      Hartley Dean

      

      First edition published in 2010, second edition published in Great Britain in 2020 by

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      To Joe and Tom

      (who might read this when they’re older – but only if they feel the need)

      Contents

      Detailed contents

      List of figures, tables and boxes

      Select glossary

      Acknowledgements

      Preface to the second edition

      1Introduction

       Part One: Understandings and concepts

      2The needs of humanity

      3The thin and the thick of need and needing

      4Needs in theory

      5Needs in practice

      6Human need and social policy

       Part Two: Implications and debates

      7Unmet needs and social disadvantage

      8Articulating needs as rights

      9The politics of human need

       Notes

       Resources

       References

       Index

       Detailed contents

      1Introduction

Why is need important?

Outline of the book