Social policy

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.