Social Policy

4. Revised Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-0-19-957084-3
Verlag: Oxford University Press

Buch, Englisch, 592 Seiten, Format (B × H): 197 mm x 261 mm, Gewicht: 1250 g

What is social policy, and why are welfare systems important? How have they been affected by the global financial crisis?

The fourth edition of this well-respected textbook provides an excellent introduction to social policy in the twenty-first century. Expert contributors examine the development, delivery, and implications of welfare, as well as the social and economic context by which it is shaped. With numerous helpful learning features and an attractive two-colour text design it is an ideal starting point for students new to the subject, and for those looking to take their learning further.

The fourth edition includes three new chapters on the history and development of social policy, making social policy in a global context, and how to research and write about social policy. It is up-to-date with the coalition government's social policy agenda, and offers increased coverage of the important issues of equality, gender, ethnicity, migration, globalization and sustainability.

Social Policy is also supported by an accompanying Online Resource Centre with the following features:

- Updates on recent developments in the field
- Searchable glossary
- Web links

Autoren/Hrsg.

Baldock, John

Manning, Nick

Vickerstaff, Sarah

Mitton, Lavinia

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Soziale Dienste, Soziale Organisationen
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Sozialpolitik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- The origins, character, and politics of modern welfre systems

- 1: John Baldock: Social policy, social welfare, and the welfare state

- 2: Lavinia Mitton: The history and development of social policy

- 3: Nick Manning: Making social policy in a global context

- The social and economic context of social policy

- 4: Lavinia Mitton and Mark Liddiard: Social need and patterns of inequality

- 5: Sarah Vickerstaff: Work and welfare

- 6: Jan Pahl: The family and welfare

- The financial and organisational context of social policy

- 7: Jeremy Kendall: The role of the voluntary and community sectors

- 8: John Baldock: Paying for welfare: public expenditure decision-making

- 9: Nicola Yeates: Global social policy

- Delivering welfare

- 10: Tony Fitzpatrick: Cash transfers

- 11: Sarah Vickerstaff: Education, schools, and training

- 12: Gillian Pascal: Health and health policy

- 13: Justine Schneider and Kezia Scales: Social care

- 14: Derek Kirton: The care and protection of children

- 15: Chris Pickvance: Housing and housing policy

- 16: Tina Eadie and Rebecca Morley: Crime, justice and punishment

- 17: Jochen Clasen: Comparative social policy and the European Union

- Consequences and outcomes of social policy

- 18: Chris Pickvance: The impact of social policy

- 19: Hartley Dean: The experience of welfare: the life course and the welfare state

- 20: Lavinia Mitton: How to research and write about social policy

Über Autor(innen)

John Baldock is Professor of Social Policy and Pro-Vice Chancellor at the University of Kent

Nick Manning is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology and Head of the Institute of Mental Heath at the University of Nottingham

Sarah Vickerstaff is Professor of Work and Employment and Deputy Head of the School of Social Policy, Sociology, and Social Research at the University of Kent

Lavinia Mitton is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Kent