Social policy : an introduction / / Ken Blakemore and Louise Warwick-Booth

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910974635403321
• Autore: Blakemore Ken
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Maidenhead : , : Open University Press, McGraw-Hill Education, , 2013
• ISBN: 9780335246632; 033524663X
• Edizione: [4th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (378 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): Warwick-BoothLouise
• Disciplina: 361.61
• Soggetti: Social policy; Social sciences; Great Britain Social policy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Social Policy An Introduction; Social Policy an introduction; Praise for this book; Contents; List of activities; List of tables; List of figures; List of boxes; The authors; Preface; 1 The subject of social policy; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social policy: an identity problem?; The story of social policy; Conclusions: the subject today; Suggestions for further reading; 2 Ideas and concepts in social policy; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social policy principles; Equality, equity and justice; Need; Freedom and rights; Conclusions; Summary of key points; Key terms and conceptsSuggestions for further reading; 3 The development of social policy in Britain; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; The importance of history; Example 1: from workhouse to workfare?; Example 2: public health reform; Example 3: education, the role of government and the concept of the 'contract state'; The development of a welfare state; Conclusions: Britain's welfare history in comparative context; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 4 The global social policy environment; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapterThe current context of policy-making; Globalization; Conclusions: global social policy futures; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 5 ; The contested boundaries of social policy: the case of criminal justice; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Introduction: what is criminal justice policy?; Criminal justice, social control and social policy: a 'penal-welfare state'?; Comparing crime and criminal justice; Measuring crime; The criminal justice process; Conclusion; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading6 Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; What are the benefits of the welfare system?; Should benefits and services be selective or universal?; Gainers and losers: individuals and groups; How large is the welfare cake?; Social security: who benefits?; Poverty and social exclusion; Conclusions; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 7 Social policy, politics and social control; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Social control and the rise of welfare; Social policy and the political orderSocial control and individual freedom; Conclusions: can social policies bring benign control?; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading; 8 Who makes policy? The example of education; Key learning outcomes; Overview of the chapter; Models of power: understanding how decisions are made; The background: education and Conservative policies of the 1980s and 1990s; Centralizing control: the New Labour educational legacy; Policies for the future?; Conclusions; Summary of key points; Key terms and concepts; Suggestions for further reading
• Sommario/riassunto: A highly respected introductory textbook to social policy, updated to cover recent developments.

Cónclave

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910163109103321
• Autore: Harris Robert
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: GRIJALBO
• ISBN: 84-253-5498-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (416 p.)
• Soggetti: Catholic fiction; Thrillers (Fiction)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Sommario/riassunto: La nueva novela de intriga de Robert Harris. Un thriller con un ritmo y un suspense perfectamente ensamblados, sobre la celebración del cónclave en el que se elegirá al próximo Sumo Pontífice de la Iglesia Católica. «Apasionante, la versión eclesiástica de House of Cards.»The Times El Papa ha muerto. En la Capilla Sixtina, a puerta cerrada, ciento dieciocho cardenales procedentes de todos los rincones del globo emitirán su voto en la elección más secreta del mundo. Son hombres de fe. Pero tienen ambiciones. Y rivales. En las próximas setenta y dos horas uno de ellos se convertirá en el líder espiritual con más poder de la tierra. Cónclave ha sido elegido uno de los mejores libros de 2016 por The Sunday Times y Observer. Reseñas:«No importa si crees en Dios, en la Iglesia o en nada, Cónclave te resultará enormemente entretenida.»The Washington Post «El Papa ha muerto y los cardenales se reúnen para elegir a su sucesor. El escenario está preparado para un enfrentamiento en este espléndido retrato del poder, la corrupción y el engaño.»The Guardian «Un relato sobre las maquinaciones a más alto nivel dentro de la Iglesia católica. Un libro fascinante.»The New York Times «Robert Harris logra que el mecanismo del suspense funcione como un reloj en este hábil relato sobre intrigas vaticanas.»Financial Times «Una novela que explora el poder, la gloria y las argucias del proceso de elección de un nuevo Papa, por el autor de bestsellers más brillante de la actualidad.»Esquire «Es un thriller, sí, pero un thriller ; inusual y distinto, y la clave de su éxito es la extraordinaria galería de personajes. Me cautivó. Posee un ritmo perfecto y una intriga constante y cada vez másemocionante. Su punto de partida es un tema absolutamente secreto y desvela los entresijos. Sin duda, para mí una de las mejores novelas del año.»For winter nights. A bookish blogENGLISH DESCRIPTIONThe best-selling author of Enigma and Fatherland turns to today's Vatican in a ripped-from-the-headlines novel, and gives us his most ambitious, page-turning thriller yet--where the power of God is nearly equaled by the ambition of men. The pope is dead. Behind the locked doors of the Sistine Chapel, one hundred and eighteen cardinals from all over the globe will cast their votes in the world's most secretive election. They are holy men. But they have ambition. And they have rivals. Over the next seventy-two hours one of them will become the most powerful spiritual figure on Earth.