Social policy

In: Short Introductions Series

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Intro -- Table of Contents -- Figure, Tables and Boxes -- Figure -- Tables -- Boxes -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- 1: What is Social Policy? -- Hey, Big Spender! -- Butterflies versus Magpies -- Who Cares? -- A Good Life -- Intermediate human needs satisfiers -- Summary -- 2: Where did it Come From? -- From Barbarianism to Civilization? -- The Making of Capitalism -- The Taming of Capitalism -- The transition from Poor Laws to incipient welfare states -- Welfare and Ideology -- Summary -- 3: Why on Earth does it Matter? -- The Threat of Globalization? -- Globalization 'camps' -- Human population growth and its impact -- Welfare Regimes -- Ecology and Human Welfare -- Global Social Policy -- Summary -- 4: What does Human Wellbeing Entail? -- Health and Education -- Sustainable Development Goals and targets relating to health and education -- Income Maintenance and Employment -- Sustainable Development Goals and targets relating to income -- Housing and the Environment -- Sustainable Development Goals and targets relating to housing and the environment -- The 'Personal' Social Services -- Summary -- 5: Who Gets What? -- Sharing Public Goods -- Where's the Money? -- Principles of Distribution -- How does it All Pan Out? -- Summary -- 6: Who's in Control? -- The Problem of Power -- Perspectives on powerlessness -- Street-Level Organization and Local Governance -- The Nation State and the Policy Process -- Regional Governance -- Summary -- 7: What's the Trouble with Human Society? -- Diversity and Difference -- Associated diversities -- Class and Identity -- Inequality and Exclusion -- Social Change and the Life Course -- Fluid families -- Summary -- 8: Can Social Policy Solve Social Problems? -- The (De-)construction of Social Problems -- The Righting of Wrongs -- Blaming the Victim -- Crime and Anti-Social Behaviour -- Summary.

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Providing a short and lively introduction for all students new to social policy, this text analyses how healthcare and education, jobs and money and even physical and emotional security are mediated through social policy

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