INTRODUCING SOCIAL POLICY ALCOCK C. PAYNE S. SULLIVAN M. Księgarnia

Intoducing Social Policy

Social Policy as an academic field of study is one of those curious items that we recognise when we see it, but which is notoriously difficult to describe. It is, at one and the same time, the theoretical pursuit of norms about how we think society ought to behave, but also the practical application and Implementation of those policies that we consider to be social. What then is Social Policy?

This volume provides students with the knowledge necessary to answer this question. The text aims to provide an up to date yet accessible overview of the development of, and the context for, the provision of social welfare in contemporary Britain. The authors discuss the historical, ideological and political context within which social policy has developed and explore the changing contemporary context within which social policy is developing today.

explores the historical development of social policy through the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

examines the policy and political context within which social policy is made

considers the ways in which different ideologies are used in explaining social policy and how such theoretical concepts are necessary to understanding social policy

looks at the policy areas which form the backbone of the British welfare state and have traditionally been considered the very essence of social policy thinking and analysis

The book provides the reader with a flexible and accessible introduction to social policy making in modern Britain and will prove essential reading for undergraduates of social policy, as well as students taking relevant A level, BTEC or Access courses.

Cliff Alcock is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Coventry;

Sarah Payne is a Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Bristol;

Michael Sullivan is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Wales, Swansea;

Judith Carlson is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Hertfordshire;

Mike McBeth is a Lecturer in Health Policy at the University of Birmingham;

Tony Columbo is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Warwick.

342 pages

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