Social Policy
3rd Edition
Published on 1. March 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
768 pages
978-0-19-928497-9 (ISBN)
Description
The third edition of this well established textbook remains a key book for students of social policy and other sociology related disciplines. Updates to this edition cover Labour's administration (1997 to date), taking into account the commitments made by Labour in their 2005 general election campaign. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field, to provide comprehensive coverage of a wide variety of social policy and welfare issues. All the existing chapters have been thoroughly reviewed and updated to take into account recent changes in British and European social policy. For this edition one new chapter has been added - Globalization and Social Policy. The chapters are written in a non-technical way and are supported by detailed case studies, suggestions for further reading, end-of-chapter questions and a glossary. In addition, the supporting online resource centre provides further material including weblinks, answers to the end-of-chapter questions, and updates.
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Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
fig., 43 Tabellen
43 tables and figures
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
1637 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-928497-9 (9780199284979)
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Content
THE ORIGINS, CHARACTER AND POLITICS OF MODERN WELFARE SYSTEMS; 1. Social Policy, Social Welfare and the Welfare State; 2. The Politics of Welfare; THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CONTEXT; 3. Welfare Ideology and Social Policy; 4. Welfare, Media and Culture; 5. Social Need and Patterns of Inequality; 6. Work and Welfare; 7. The Family and Welfare; 8. Welfare, Identity and the Life Course; PLANNING, FINANCING AND IMPLEMENTING WELFARE POLICIES; 9. Professions and Bureaucracy; 10. Public Expenditure and Decision-Making; 11. The Role of the Voluntary and Community Sectors; DELIVERING WELFARE; 12. Cash Transfers; 13. Education, Schools and Training; 14. Health and Health Policy; 15. Social Care; 16. The Care and Protection of Children; 17. Housing and Housing Policy; 18. Crime, Justice and Punishment; 19. The Environment and Green Social Policy; 20. Comparative Social Policy and the European Union; 21. Globalization and Social Policy; CONSEQUENCES AND OUTCOMES OF SOCIAL POLICY; 22. The Impact of Social Policy; 23. New thinking about Social Welfare