Social Policy, 4th edition

Social Policy, 4th edition

Authors: Ken Blakemore and Louise Warwick-Booth

Published: October 2013 Pages: 376

eISBN: 9780335246632 | ISBN: 9780335246625

Social Policy An Introduction

Social Policy an introduction

Praise for this book

Contents

List of activities

List of tables

List of figures

List of boxes

The authors

Preface

1 The subject of social policy

2 Ideas and concepts in social policy

3 The development of social policy in Britain

4 The global social policy environment

5 The contested boundaries of social policy: the case of criminal justice

6 Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake

7 Social policy, politics and social control

8 Who makes policy? The example of education

9 Work and welfare

10 Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals

11 Utopias and ideals: housing policy and the environment

12 Community and social care

13 Devolution and social policy

14 Conclusion: the future of social policy

Glossary

Bibliography

Index

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