
Social Policy
An Introduction
Open University Press
3rd Edition
Published on 1. July 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
368 pages
978-0-335-21874-5 (ISBN)
Description
"This is something of a best seller and it is easy to understand why. It will serve the needs of both Level 1 and other students of social policy well [and] it carries off the exploration of specific theoretical issues within discrete policy areas particularly well." Social Policy & Administration "This is an extremely useful updated text for students of social policy and other related areas, such as social work. The book is clearly written and enables students to develop an understanding of how and why social policies are constructed. Key points are well made and highlighted examples/boxes are provided in the text. There is reference made at the end of each chapter to further reading." Bernard Melling, University of Salford
More details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Milton Keynes
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Dimensions
Height: 238 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
690 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-335-21874-5 (9780335218745)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Ken Blakemore is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Wales Swansea, UK. Edwin Griggs is a part time Senior Lecturer at Birmingham University and Wolverhampton University, UK.
Content
1. Introduction: The subject of social policy 2. Ideas and concepts in social policy 3. The development of social policy in Britain 4. The contested boundaries of social policy: The case of criminal justice policy 5. Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake 6. Social policy, politics and social control 7. Who makes policy? The example of education 8. Work and welfare 9. Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals 10. Utopias and ideals: Housing policy and the environment 11. Community and social care 12. Devolution and social policy 13. Conclusion: the future of social policy