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The student's companion to social policy / edited by Pete Alcock, Margaret May and Karen Rowlingson.

Contributor(s): Alcock, Peter, 1951- | May, Margaret, 1947- | Rowlingson, Karen | Social Policy Association (Great Britain)Material type: TextTextPublisher: Malden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub., 2012Edition: 4th edDescription: xix, 476 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: 9781405169011 (pbk. : alk. paper); 140516901X (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Public welfare -- Great Britain | Social policy -- Study and teaching | Great Britain -- Social policyDDC classification: 361.6/10941 LOC classification: HN390 | .S78 2008Online resources: Contributor biographical information | Publisher description | Table of contents only
Contents:
The subject of social policy / Pete Alcock -- Methods and approaches in social policy research / Saul Becker -- History and social policy / David Gladstone -- Social needs, social problems, social welfare and well-being / Nick Manning -- Equality, rights and social justice / Peter Taylor-Gooby -- Efficiency, equity and choice / Carol Propper -- Altruism, reciprocity and obligation / Hilary Land -- Neo-liberalism / Nick Ellison -- The conservative tradition / Robert Pinker -- Social democracy / Robert M. Page -- The socialist perspective / Hartley Dean -- Third way perspectives / Martin Powell -- Feminist perspectives / Jane Lewis -- Green perspectives / Michael Cahill -- Postmodernist perspectives / Tony Fitzpatrick -- Divisions and difference / Sharon Wright -- Poverty and social exclusion / Pete Alcock -- The distribution of welfare / John Hills -- Social policy and economic policy / Colin Hay -- Culture and nationhood / Fiona Williams -- Social policy and family policy / Jane Millar -- The political process / John Hudson -- Evidence and evaluation / Stephen Harrison and Ruth McDonald -- State welfare / Catherine Bochel -- Commercial welfare / Christopher Holden -- Occupational welfare / Margaret May -- Voluntary welfare / Jeremy Kendall -- Informal care / Caroline Glendinning and Hilary Arksey -- Paying for welfare / Howard Glennerster -- Citizenship and access to welfare / Ruth Lister -- Managing and delivering welfare / John Clarke -- Accountability for welfare / Janet Newman -- Welfare users and social policy / Peter Beresford -- Local and regional government and governance and social policy / Guy Daly and Howard Davis -- Social policy and devolution / Richard Parry -- Social policy and the European Union / Linda Hantrais -- Social policy and supranational governance / Nicola Yeates -- Income maintenance and social security / Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson -- Employment / Alan Deacon -- Healthcare / Rob Baggott -- Education in schools / Anne West -- Lifelong learning and training / Claire Callender -- Housing / Alan Murie -- Social care / Jon Glasby -- Criminal justice / Tim Newburn -- 'Race' and social welfare / Lucinda Platt -- Children / Tess Ridge -- Young people / Bob Coles -- Older people / Alan Walker and Tony Maltby -- Disability / Mark Priestley -- Migrants and asylum-seekers / Alice Bloch -- The role of comparative study in social policy / Margaret May -- Globalization and social policy / Rob Sykes -- Social policy in Europe / Jochen Clasen -- Social policy in liberal market societies / Michael Hill -- Social policy in East Asian societies / Michael Hill -- Social policy in developing societies / Patricia Kennett.
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The authors are members of the Social Policy Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The subject of social policy / Pete Alcock -- Methods and approaches in social policy research / Saul Becker -- History and social policy / David Gladstone -- Social needs, social problems, social welfare and well-being / Nick Manning -- Equality, rights and social justice / Peter Taylor-Gooby -- Efficiency, equity and choice / Carol Propper -- Altruism, reciprocity and obligation / Hilary Land -- Neo-liberalism / Nick Ellison -- The conservative tradition / Robert Pinker -- Social democracy / Robert M. Page -- The socialist perspective / Hartley Dean -- Third way perspectives / Martin Powell -- Feminist perspectives / Jane Lewis -- Green perspectives / Michael Cahill -- Postmodernist perspectives / Tony Fitzpatrick -- Divisions and difference / Sharon Wright -- Poverty and social exclusion / Pete Alcock -- The distribution of welfare / John Hills -- Social policy and economic policy / Colin Hay -- Culture and nationhood / Fiona Williams -- Social policy and family policy / Jane Millar -- The political process / John Hudson -- Evidence and evaluation / Stephen Harrison and Ruth McDonald -- State welfare / Catherine Bochel -- Commercial welfare / Christopher Holden -- Occupational welfare / Margaret May -- Voluntary welfare / Jeremy Kendall -- Informal care / Caroline Glendinning and Hilary Arksey -- Paying for welfare / Howard Glennerster -- Citizenship and access to welfare / Ruth Lister -- Managing and delivering welfare / John Clarke -- Accountability for welfare / Janet Newman -- Welfare users and social policy / Peter Beresford -- Local and regional government and governance and social policy / Guy Daly and Howard Davis -- Social policy and devolution / Richard Parry -- Social policy and the European Union / Linda Hantrais -- Social policy and supranational governance / Nicola Yeates -- Income maintenance and social security / Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson -- Employment / Alan Deacon -- Healthcare / Rob Baggott -- Education in schools / Anne West -- Lifelong learning and training / Claire Callender -- Housing / Alan Murie -- Social care / Jon Glasby -- Criminal justice / Tim Newburn -- 'Race' and social welfare / Lucinda Platt -- Children / Tess Ridge -- Young people / Bob Coles -- Older people / Alan Walker and Tony Maltby -- Disability / Mark Priestley -- Migrants and asylum-seekers / Alice Bloch -- The role of comparative study in social policy / Margaret May -- Globalization and social policy / Rob Sykes -- Social policy in Europe / Jochen Clasen -- Social policy in liberal market societies / Michael Hill -- Social policy in East Asian societies / Michael Hill -- Social policy in developing societies / Patricia Kennett.

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