Sociology and Social Welfare - Paperbackby Michael Sullivan (Author) Originally published in 1987, Sociology and Social Welfare looks at the relationship between state and welfare in the context of a wider sociological analysis of state and society in post war Britain. The book looks at two main concerns, the first suggests the ways in which the theory and practice of welfare might be made more reflective and self conscious if located in sociological understandings of state, society, and