Values in Social Policy

Nine Contradictions
1. Auflage 2022
ISBN: 978-1-032-37534-2
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 142 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 420 g

Reihe: Routledge Revivals

First published in 1981, Values in Social Policy provides a means towards understanding the conflicts, contradictions and uncertainties involved in working in a welfare state. In the nine chapters, Jean Hardy explores the conflicting values posed within nine contradictions: authority versus liberation, for example, or the personal versus the political, equality versus freedom, bureaucracy versus professionalism. The author demonstrates how values can be contrasted with their supposed opposites; she traces the roots of the different values and, in so doing, sets out a clear and original account of the issues involved when choices have to be made and decision taken. This book will be of interest to students of sociology, social policy, and economics.

Zielgruppe

Academic and Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hardy, Jean

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Arbeit/Sozialpädagogik Community Care, Bildung, Freizeit, Freiwilligenarbeit
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein Gesellschaftstheorie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface Acknowledgments 1. Authority versus liberation 2. Representative versus participatory theories of government 3. Needs and resources 4. The family: the basis of society or the root of all its problems? 5. Bureaucracy versus professionalism 6. Decision-making: rationality versus negotiation 7. The individual versus the community 8. Equality versus freedom 9. The personal versus the political Notes Bibliography Index

Über Autor(innen)

Jean Hardy