Record Nr.

UNINA9910973306903321

Autore

Kennedy Patricia <1963->

Titolo

Key themes in social policy / / Patricia Kennedy

Pubbl/distr/stampa


London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2013

ISBN


9781135071370
1135071373
9787026423563
7026423568
9780203594186
0203594185
9781299280403
1299280404
9781135071387
1135071381

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (196 p.)

Disciplina

361.2/5

Soggetti

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

Cover; KEY THEMES IN SOCIAL POLICY; Copyright; CONTENTS; INTRODUCTION; ABBREVIATIONS; ACTIVE WELFARE; AGENCY; ALTRUISM; ASSISTANCE PAYMENTS; ASYLUM SEEKER; AUTONOMY; BASIC INCOME; BENEFIT; BEVERIDGIAN WELFARE; BISMARCKIAN MODEL; BLACK ECONOMY; BODY; BUREAUCRACY; CAPABILITIES; CAPITALISM; CARE/CARER/CARING; CATEGORICAL BENEFITS; CHILD ALLOWANCES; CITIZENSHIP; CLASS; CLAW-BACK; COLLECTIVISM; COMMODIFICATION AND DECOMMODIFICATION; COMMUNITARIAN; COMMUNITY; COMPARATIVE SOCIAL POLICY; CONDITIONALITY; CONVERGENCE; CORPORATISM; CRISIS OF WELFARE; CRITICAL JUNCTURES; DEMOCRACY; DEPENDENCY

DESERVING/UNDESERVINGDISABILITY; DISCRETION; DISCRIMINATION; DISWELFARES; DIVISION OF LABOUR; EARNINGS; ELIGIBILITY; EMPLOYMENT; ENTITLEMENT; ENVIRONMENTALISM; EQUALITY;

ETHNICITY; FABIANISM; FAMILIES OF NATIONS; FAMILY; FEMINISM; FISCAL WELFARE; FLEXICURITY; FUNCTIONINGS; GENDER; GLOBALIZATION; GLOBAL SOCIAL POLICY; HEALTH; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN CAPITAL; HUMAN TRAFFICKING; IDEOLOGY; INDIVIDUALISM; INDIVIDUALIZATION; KEYNESIAN; LABOUR; LIBERAL; LIBERTY; LONE PARENTS; MALE BREADWINNER; MATERNITY; MARXISM; MASCULINITIES; MEANS TESTING; MIGRATION; MIXED ECONOMY OF WELFARE; MODELS OF WELFARE; NEEDS

NEW SOCIAL MOVEMENTSOCCUPATIONAL WELFARE; PATH DEPENDENCY; PATRIARCHY; POVERTY; POWER; POWER RESOURCES; PUBLIC POLICY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RACE; RATIONING; REDISTRIBUTION; RESILIENCE; RISK; SELECTIVITY; SEXUALITY; SOCIAL ADMINISTRATION; SOCIAL ASSISTANCE; SOCIAL DIVISIONS; SOCIAL EXCLUSION; SOCIAL INSURANCE; SOCIAL JUSTICE; SOCIAL POLICY; STIGMA; STRATIFICATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; THEORY; UNIVERSALITY; WAGES; WELFARE REGIMES; WELFARE STATE; WELFARE/WELL-BEING; WORK-LIFE BALANCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Key Themes in Social Policy provides an accessible and authoritative introduction to the key concepts used in social policy, from autonomy to wellbeing.With over 100 ideas discussed, this is a comprehensive student guide and is designed to help readers to gain a deeper understanding of major debates and issues. Each entry:explains the origin of the word discusses its relationship to the social sciences describes its relevance to social policy and how widespread its use isoutlines some of the key t