Social policy and society: SPS ; a journal of the Social Policy Association
ISSN: 1475-3073
ISSN: 1475-3073
International audience ; Today we are experiencing good improvements in policy, social policy and policy making. A lot of good researches have been done on these issues and helped for the development of policy. The contributions of university professors, politicians and elites cannot be considered low. And the academic papers are deployed to offer from the major theoretical and methodological approaches and empirical research. To put in their proper context the important contributions of the processes of social policy change in the construction of social development should make some notes theoretical and methodological research into social policy.
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International audience Today we are experiencing good improvements in policy, social policy and policy making. A lot of good researches have been done on these issues and helped for the development of policy. The contributions of university professors, politicians and elites cannot be considered low. And the academic papers are deployed to offer from the major theoretical and methodological approaches and empirical research. To put in their proper context the important contributions of the processes of social policy change in the construction of social development should make some notes theoretical and methodological research into social policy.
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In: Social policy review 17
In: Short Introductions Series
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.
"This thoroughly revised and expanded new edition provides a comprehensive introduction to contemporary social policy and addresses its historical, theoretical and contextual foundations as well as contemporary policy issues relating to health, education and welfare as well as the impact of Brexit. Divided into four sections, it opens with a survey of the socio-economic, political and governmental contexts within which social policy operates, before moving on to look at the historical development of the subject. The third section examines contemporary aspects of providing welfare, whilst the final part covers European and wider international developments"--
Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year. This book considers a range of current issues and critical debates in UK and international social policy field. It contains vital research, including discussions on the changing landscape of occupational as well as corporate welfare in the UK, the continuing impact of austerity on various social policy areas and the challenges currently faced by the NHS.
Most social trends show little in the way of monthly variation. Rates of poverty and measures of inequality show little in the way of variation from one month to another. However, some issues of concern to social policy advocates, researchers, and governments take a noticeable turn during the holiday season. Favourable breaks in these trends remind us that the choices we make, when coordinated and acted upon simultaneously, can have noticeable effects on the lives of individuals and families in need.
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In: The international & comparative law quarterly: ICLQ, Band 54, Heft 4, S. 983-995
ISSN: 1471-6895
The wide range of developments in social policy has necessitated dividing this commentary into two parts. The first part will examine discrimination law developments; the second part, published inthe next issue, will look at general employment law developments.
In: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders. Provides an invaluable examination of the critical relationship between social policy and crime managementIncludes illuminating case studies on the impact of social policies on offendersReviewscurrent social policy trends and their influence on crime causation, crime rates, and crime management>
In: Social Policy Review
This latest edition of Social Policy Review presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship with a special focus on work, employment and insecurity.
In: Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy
Crime and Social Policy provides an invaluable examination of the relationship between social policy and crime. It draws on recent empirical research to offer important insights into the impact of current social policy trends on the lives of offenders. Provides an invaluable examination of the critical relationship between social policy and crime managementIncludes illuminating case studies on the impact of social policies on offendersReviewscurrent social policy trends and their influence on crime causation, crime rates, and crime management>
In: Social Policy Review
Experts review the leading social policy scholarship from the past year in this comprehensive volume. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, this volume addresses current issues and critical debates throughout the international social policy field.