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Social Policy in Britain Pete Alcock

Social Policy in Britain von Pete Alcock

Social Policy in Britain Pete Alcock


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Zusammenfassung

Understanding social policy can be a daunting task. This book guides students and trainees through the subject, making complex ideas easy to digest. Packed with updated questions, tasks and resource lists, it provides important material on major new areas of debate, including pension provision and rising NHS costs.

Social Policy in Britain Zusammenfassung

Social Policy in Britain Pete Alcock

Making a complex subject very approachable, this new edition to this popular book is an essential resource for any student needing to understand social policy in Britain today. This is an updated edition of a very well-established and strong selling book. The author is respected by lecturers and popular with students. It has fully revised features to aid learning, including web-based and electronic resource lists.Understanding social policy can be a daunting task, this book guides students and trainees through the subject, making complex ideas easy to digest. Packed with updated questions, tasks and resource lists, it provides important material on major new areas of debate, including pension provision and rising NHS costs.

Social Policy in Britain Bewertungen

Praise for the second edition: 'Superb updated edition. You cannot study social policy without reading this.'- Lynne Brown, Belfast Institute of Higher and Further Education, UK 'Provides a succinct overview of both the historical and current developments in major areas of social policy. Easy to read, provides useful questions for students' focus.' - Surinder Guru, University of Birmingham, UK 'Even better than the previous edition. Thoroughly updated, it covers a lot of ground without drowning students, opening up a range of issues for them to discuss and interpolate.' - Margaret May, London Metropolitan University, UK

Über Pete Alcock

PETE ALCOCK is Professor of Social Policy and Administration and Head of the School of Social Sciences at the University of Birmingham, UK. He is the author of Understanding Poverty 3e (2006) and co-editor of the The Blackwell Companion to Social Policy, The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy and International Social Policy. He is past chair of the Social Policy Association and the Journal of Social Policy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: The Development of Social Policy PART I: WELFARE SERVICES Social Security Education Health Housing Social Services Employment PART II: STRUCTURE The State The Market The Voluntary Sector Informal Welfare PART III: CONTEXT Ideologies of Welfare Economic Development International and European Influences Devolution and Local Control PART IV: ISSUES Social Divisions Paying for Welfare Delivering Welfare The Future of Social Policy

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Social Policy in Britain Pete Alcock
Gebraucht - Sehr Gut
Broschiert
Palgrave Macmillan
2008-06-18
344
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