Social Policy: An Introduction
4th Edition
0335246621
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9780335246625
© 2013 | Published: September 16, 2013
What are social policies?How are social policies created and implemented?Why do certain policies exist?The fourth edition of this highly respected textbook provides a clear and engaging introduction to social policy.The book has been thoroughly updat…
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- List of activities
- List of tables
- List of figures
- List of boxes
- The authors
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Preface
The subject of social policy
- Ideas and concepts in social policy
- The development of social policy in Britain
- The global social policy environment
- The contested boundaries of social policy: the case of criminal justice
- Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake
- Social policy, politics and social control
- Who makes policy? The example of education
- Work and welfare
- Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals
- Utopia and ideals: housing policy and the environment
- Community and social care
- Devolution and social policy
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Conclusion: the future of social policy
Glossary
- Bibliography