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Social policy review 22

Author : Greener, Ian

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 353 pages

File Size : 19,20 MB

Release : 2010-07-13

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1847427138

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Social Policy Review 22 presents a diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It brings together specially commissioned reviews of key areas, research examining important debates in the field, and considers a range of issues including assessments of Labour's social policy after three terms in office, service-user involvement and the labour market impact of the economic crisis along with the winner of the SPA's best postgraduate paper award. It is essential reading for academics and students in the field, but more generally for anyone interested in contemporary social policy.



Social Policy Review 20

Author : Maltby, Tony

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 13,32 MB

Release : 2008-06-11

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 9781847420763

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This collection brings together opinion, commentary, research evidence, professional guidance, debate and critique in order to understand the phenomenon of anti-social behaviour.--



Social Policy Review 28

Author : Menno Fenger

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 288 pages

File Size : 19,31 MB

Release : 2016-06-29

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1447331796

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Published in cooperation with the Social Policy Association, Social Policy Review is an annual volume that draws together international scholarship at the forefront of research on social policy. This edition provides a diverse overview of the best in social policy scholarship, with specially commissioned reviews of crucial pension, health care, conditionality, and housing debates. A themed section on personalized budgets examines the introduction and consequences of funding personalization in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Norway and considers the impact of such funding on vulnerable groups such as the elderly and the homeless.



Social Policy in Britain

Author : Pete Alcock

Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing

Page : 321 pages

File Size : 14,69 MB

Release : 2022-03-24

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1350932728

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Book Description

In this fifth edition of the best-selling core introductory textbook, Pete Alcock and Lee Gregory provide a comprehensive and engaging introduction to social policy. Continuing with the unbeaten narrative style and accessible approach of the previous editions, the authors explore the major topics of social policy in a clear and digestible way. By breaking down the complexities behind policy developments and their outcomes, the book demonstrates the relationship between core areas of policy and the society we live in. This new edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to cover the impact of Brexit and contains reflections on the implications of the Covid-19 pandemic for social policy. Each chapter contains comprehension activities to aid understanding, as well as helpful summary points and suggestions for further reading.



Social Policy Review 15

Author : Bochel, Catherine

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 289 pages

File Size : 16,81 MB

Release : 2003-07-16

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1847425755

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Social Policy Review 15 continues the tradition of providing a different style and approach to policy issues from that found in most academic journals and books. Welfare and Welfare Reform in the USA, Europe and the UK combines issues such as globalization, Europe and pensions with examination of the current and historical contexts of social policy. Chapters have been purposely chosen to review a varied and interesting selection of topical social policy developments and to set these in a broader context of key trends and debates. Published in association with the UK Social Policy Association.



Social Policy Review 36

Author : Bozena Sojka

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 210 pages

File Size : 45,31 MB

Release : 2024-06-28

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1447373596

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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Experts from across the globe review leading social policy scholarship in this new volume in the Social Policy Review series. Specialists explore local and multi-level trends in social policy including government responses to the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and decentralisation in primary health care in Thailand. They also review policy responses to working age risks in England, Italy and Australia, as well as policy developments and transformations such as social protection in Japan and Australia and immigration resettlement schemes in the UK. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, the latest book in this respected series will be essential reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.



Social Policy Review 33

Author : Marco Pomati

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 13,87 MB

Release : 2021-07-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1447359739

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The global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has made the annual Social Policy Review even more critical than before. This comprehensive volume addresses critical debates throughout the international social policy field over the past year with a key focus on responses to COVID-19 and implications for social policy. Expert contributors address important issues including foodbanks, caring for older family members, lockdowns around the globe, gender, technology and migration during a pandemic. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this annual review is fundamental reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.



Analysis and Debate in Social Policy, 2010

Author : Ian Greener

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 354 pages

File Size : 41,44 MB

Release : 2010

Category : Great Britain

ISBN : 1847427111

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Essential reading for academics and students in the field, Social Policy Review 22: Analysis and debate in social policy, 2010 presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship, including an assessment of Labour's social policy after three terms in office.



Social Policy Review 27

Author : Zoë Irving

Publisher : Policy Press

Page : 290 pages

File Size : 15,99 MB

Release : 2015-06-30

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1447322789

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Published in association with the SPA, Social Policy Review 27 draws together international scholarship at the forefront of addressing concerns that emphasise both the breadth of social policy analysis, and the expanse of issues with which it is engaged. Contributions to this edition focus on the effects of financialisation on services and care provision, policies to address deficiencies in housing and labour markets, and ways in which the study of social policy may need to develop to respond to its changing material concerns. A themed section explores the place of comparative welfare modelling in the context of change over the last quarter of a century to consider where scholarship has been and where it might be going.



Handbook of European Social Policy

Author : Patricia Kennett

Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing

Page : 481 pages

File Size : 31,85 MB

Release : 2017-08-25

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 178347646X

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Book Description

This Handbook will comprise of 29 original pieces from key contributors to the field of European social policy. It is intended to capture the ‘state of the art’ in European social policy and to generate and contribute to debates on the the future of European social policy in the 21st Century. It will be a comprehensive and authoritative resource for research and teaching covering themes and policy areas including social exclusion, pensions, education, children and family, as well as mobility and migration, multiculturalism, and climate change.