E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm
E-Book, Englisch, 364 Seiten, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 244 mm
ISBN: 978-1-4473-3839-0
Verlag: Policy Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
The updated text includes consideration of contemporary shifts in welfare ideologies in the context of global austerity and the UK Coalition and Conservative governments since 2010. With a new chapter focusing on critical debates about disability, sexuality and the environment, this textbook also includes fresh reflections on migration, conditionality, resilience, social justice and human rights.
Key features include:
• real-life examples from UK and international politics and policy to explain and illuminate the significance of social policy theory;
• key questions for student reflection and engagement; and
• bulleted chapter summaries and annotated further readings at the end of every chapter.
This new edition is a dynamic, engaging and valuable introduction to the key theoretical perspectives and concepts deployed in social policy.
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Part 1: Theoretical Perspectives in the Political Arena
Introduction: Laying the Groundwork
1. Dominant Post-War Ideological Perspectives: The ‘Middle Way’, ‘Third Way’ and Beyond
2. Critical Perspectives I: Marxism, Feminism and Anti-Racism
3. Critical Perspectives II: Disability Theory, Sexuality and Environmentalism
Part 2: Theoretical Perspectives as an Analytical Tool
4. Post-Fordism and Postmodernism
5. Social Control, Regulation and Resistance
6. What’s the Problem? Social Constructionism
Part 3: Concepts
7. Needs
8. Citizenship and Community
9. Liberty, Equality and Social Justice
10. Conclusion: Bringing It All Together – Theory and Social Change