The student's companion to social policy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Pete Alcock, Margaret May, and Sharon Wright

• Pubblicazione: Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, NJ, : J. Wiley & Sons, c2012
• Edizione: 4th ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (494 p.)
• Disciplina: 361.6/10941
• Soggetto topico: Public welfare - Great Britain; Social policy - Study and teaching
• Soggetto geografico: Great Britain Social policy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: AlcockPeter <1951-> MayMargaret <1947-> WrightSharon D
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di contenuto: The Student's Companion to Social Policy, Fourth Edition; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction; PART I: Concepts and Approaches; 1: The Subject of Social Policy; 2: Approaches and Methods; 3: Social Needs, Social Problems, and Social Welfare and Well-being; 4: Equality, Rights, and Social Justice; 5: Equalities and Human Rights; 6: Efficiency, Equity, and Choice; 7: Altruism, Reciprocity, and Obligation; PART II: Key Perspectives; 8: Neo-liberalism; 9: The Conservative Tradition; 10: Social Democracy; 11: Socialist Perspectives; 12: Feminist Perspectives ; 13: Green Perspectives14: Postmodernist Perspectives; PART III: Historical Context; 15: History and Social Policy; 16: Nineteenth-Century Beginnings; 17: The Liberal Era and the Growth of State Welfare; 18: The Post-war Welfare State; 19: Crisis, Retrenchment, and the Impact of Neo-liberalism (1976-1997); 20: Modernization and the Third Way; PART IV: Contemporary Context; 21: Demography; 22: Economic Policy and Social Policy; 23: Religion; 24: Family Policy; 25: Divisions and Difference; 26: Poverty and Social Exclusion; 27: The Distribution of Welfare; 28: The Policy Process ; 29: Evaluation and Evidence-based Social PolicyPART V: Welfare Production and Provision; 30: State Welfare; 31: Commercial Welfare; 32: Occupational Welfare; 33: Voluntary Welfare; 34: Informal Welfare; 35: Paying for Welfare; 36: Taxation and Welfare; 37: Citizenship and Access to Welfare; PART VI: Welfare Governance; 38: Managing and Delivering Welfare; 39: Accountability for Welfare; 40: Welfare Users and Social Policy; 41: Local and Regional Government and Governance; 42: Social Policy and Devolution; 43: Social Policy and the European Union; 44: International Organizations ; PART VII: Welfare Services45: Income Maintenance and Social Security; 46: Employment; 47: Health Care; 48: Education in Schools; 49: Lifelong Learning and Training; 50: Housing; 51: Social Care; 52: Criminal Justice; PART VIII: Services for Particular Groups; 53: 'Race' and Social Welfare; 54: Children; 55: Young People; 56: Older People; 57: Disability; 58: Migrants and Asylum Seekers; PART IX: International Issues; 59: Comparative Analysis; 60: Social Policy in Europe; 61: Social Policy in Liberal Market Societies; 62: Social Policy in East Asian Societies ; 63: Social Policy in Middle Eastern Societies64: Social Policy in Developing Societies; Appendix: The Social Policy Association (SPA); Index
• Sommario/riassunto: The fourth edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy maintains the text's inimitable and best-selling approach. Written by a wide range of experts in the field, it has been extensively updated and revised to take account of recent developments and debates and changing political and economic configurations. Includes an additional five chapter section on the key themes and issues in the development of social policy in the UK since the nineteenth centuryNew to this edition are chapters addressing emergent areas in the dis
• Titolo autorizzato: The students companion to social policy
• ISBN: 1-283-33311-2; 9786613333117; 1-119-96080-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910457519703321
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