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Making a complex subject very approachable, this new edition to this popular book is an essential resource for any student needing to understand social policy in Britain today. This is an updated edition of a very well-established and strong selling book. The author is respected by lecturers and popular with students. It has fully revised features to aid learning, including web-based and electronic resource lists.Understanding social policy can be a daunting task, this book guides students and trainees through the subject, making complex ideas easy to digest. Packed with updated questions, tasks and resource lists, it provides important material on major new areas of debate, including pension provision and rising NHS costs.
| ISBN | 0230551580 | | Pages | 344 | | ISBN13 | 9780230551589
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 660 | | Publisher | Palgrave Macmillan | | Published in | Basingstoke | | Imprint | Palgrave Macmillan | | Previous ISBN | 9780333993347 | | Format | Paperback | | Height (mm) | 246 | | Publication date | 18 Jun 2008 | | Width (mm) | 189 | | DEWEY | 361.610941 | | Spine width (mm) | 20 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Academic level | Undergraduate, Postgraduate |
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| | | List of Figures, Map and Tables | | | | 1 | | Introduction: The Development of Social Policy | | 1 | | Pt. I | | Welfare Services | | 15 | | 2 | | Social Security | | 17 | | 3 | | Education | | 35 | | 4 | | Health | | 53 | | 5 | | Housing | | 71 | | 6 | | Social Services | | 95 | | 7 | | Employment | | 111 | | Pt. II | | Structure | | 125 | | 8 | | The State | | 127 | | 9 | | The Market | | 139 | | 10 | | The Voluntary and Community Sector | | 151 | | 11 | | Informal Welfare | | 167 | | Pt. III | | Context | | 177 | | 12 | | Ideologies of Welfare | | 179 | | 13 | | Economic Development | | 197 | | 14 | | International and European Influences | | 219 | | 15 | | Devolution and Local Control | | 237 | | Pt. IV | | Issues | | 257 | | 16 | | Social Divisions | | 259 | | 17 | | Paying for Welfare | | 275 | | 18 | | Delivering Welfare | | 287 | | 19 | | The Future of Social Policy | | 303 | | | | References | | 309 | | | | Index | | 321 |
Praise for the second edition: 'Superb updated edition. You cannot study social policy without reading this.'- Lynne Brown, Belfast Institute of Higher and Further Education, UK 'Provides a succinct overview of both the historical and current developments in major areas of social policy. Easy to read, provides useful questions for students' focus.' - Surinder Guru, University of Birmingham, UK 'Even better than the previous edition. Thoroughly updated, it covers a lot of ground without drowning students, opening up a range of issues for them to discuss and interpolate.' - Margaret May, London Metropolitan University, UK  Be the first to write a customer review
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