Social Policy category: 9249 books
The Politics of Policy Change
Welfare, Medicare, and Social Security Reform in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2012
For generations, debating the expansion or contraction of the American welfare state has produced some of the nation's most heated legislative battles. Attempting social policy reform is both risky and complicated, especially when it involves dealing with powerful vested interests, sharp ideological...
Social Policy for an Aging Society
A Human Rights Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2015
As people age, they are at increased risk of having their basic human rights threatened or violated. When age is perceived as incompetence, it can easily lead to discrimination that impacts human rights. Based on the premise that social policy must reflect human rights principles, this graduate-level...
by Spicker, Paul
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2008
Social Policy: Themes and approaches is a fully revised, updated and extended edition of a bestselling social policy textbook, extensively reworked and adapted to meet the needs of its international readership. The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, providing a sense...
by Margaret May, P. Alcock
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2014
In this fourth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Margaret May provide an essential up-to-date guide on social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social...
The coalition government and social policy
Restructuring the welfare state
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
How did the UK Coalition Government’s policies differ from previous Conservative (or Labour) Government policies? How did the Liberal Democrats influence them? And what can this tell us about the likely policy direction of the Conservative government elected in May 2015? Responding to the political...
Blinded by science
The social implications of epigenetics and neuroscience
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2017
In recent years, new areas of biology, especially epigenetics and neuroscience, have enthralled the public imagination. They have been used as powerful arguments for developing social policy in a particular direction, from early intervention in the lives of disadvantaged children to seeking 'biomarkers'...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
Disability policy is no longer an area that can be adequately addressed within major areas of public policy such as welfare, health, labor, and education. Disability has become widely acknowledged in recent decades, partly because of the increasing number of disabled citizens across all demographic...
Gendering Politics and Policy
Recent Developments in Europe, Latin America, and the United States
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
Top feminist theorists and scholars examine the latest developments in gender politics and policy around the world
Gendering Politics and Policy: Recent Developments in Europe, Latin America, and the United States discusses in depth how women and women’s perspectives are changing politics...
by Sten Thore, Ruzanna Tarverdyan
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2015
How do you gauge the accomplishments of policy and its failures? While a number of nations are successful in optimizing a socio-economic welfare function, others are woefully falling short of the optimal frontier. Diagnostics for a Globalized World proposes a reformulation of the inherited theory...
by Lida Fan
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2011
This book explores the interactions between social policy and migration in China. Using a theoretical framework of institutional economics, Lida Fan’s discussion examines migration regulations, household registration, social welfare and insurance, employment, education, housing, medical care and...
Delivering social welfare
Governance and service provision in the UK
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2016
As the system of governance and delivery of social welfare in the UK radically changes, this important new book argues that the extent of this change is such that it could be considered a fundamental transformation or even a revolution. It shows how a new public governance perspective has replaced...
by Hartley Dean
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2019
How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And who should take responsibility for providing the support we need? These are some of the fundamental questions addressed by social policy today.
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by Elias Mossialos
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2017
In recent years there has been much debate surrounding the future of the welfare state in Europe, the complex factors influencing reform, and the extent to which responses to pressures on welfare could lead to irreversible systemic changes in social policy. By providing an in-depth analysis of social...
Social policy in a cold climate
Policies and their consequences since the crisis
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
Social Policy in a Cold Climate offers a data-rich, evidence-based analysis of the impact Labour and coalition government policies have had on inequality and on the delivery of services such as health, education, adult social care, housing and employment in the wake of the greatest recession of our...