Social Policy category: 9249 books
Social policy 3e
Theory and practice
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2014
Social Policy: Theory and practice 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, binding the discussion...
Social Development and Social Policy
International Experiences and China's Reform
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2016
Social policy reforms driven by profound social changes have been a popular and pressing topic worldwide in recent years in both policy and academic circles. In this book, prominent social policy scholars from Europe, North America, and Asia discuss the history of social policies, compare different...
Social workers affecting social policy
An International perspective
Language: English
Release Date: June 4, 2014
Furthering social justice and human rights is a fundamental principle underlying the social work profession. Engaging in social policy formulation processes is a major route through which social workers can realise this goal. This type of social work activity has been termed ‘policy practice’....
Unfinished Business
Social Policy for Social Care Students in Ireland
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
With social and community services coming under increasing pressure as austerity continues, Unfinished Business examines how social policy has operated in Ireland and how it has been affected by consistent government cutbacks. It examines a wide range of issues important to social care students, such...
Social innovation and social policy
Theory, policy and practice
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2018
Social innovation has become a prominent theme in discussions of social policy reform across the world. This book examines why social innovation is important to social policy analysis. It discusses the theoretical and policy context of this concept; its origin and background; why it has emerged to...
Analysing social policy concepts and language
Comparative and Transnational Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2015
Social policy scholars and practitioners work with concepts such as “welfare state” and “social security” but where do these concepts come from and how has their meaning changed over time? Which are the dominant social policy concepts and how are they contested? What characterises social policy...
Thinking About Social Policy
The German Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
The book traces the political history of the concept of social policy. „Social policy“ originated in Germany in the mid 19th century as a scholarly term that made a career in politics. The term became more prominent only after World War II. Kaufmann, the doyen of the sociology of social policy...
by Robert Adams
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2017
Social Policy for Social Work provides a comprehensive, critical and engaging introduction to social policy for students and practitioners of social work.
The text is clearly structured into three parts that cover contexts, policies and issues. The first part explores changing perspectives...
Global Social Policy
Themes, Issues and Actors
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2016
Social policy is a subject that helps develop our understanding of the meaning of human wellbeing, and of the systems by which wellbeing must be promoted. As a discipline, social policy has traditionally been blunted by a focus on the nation state; however, in this age of globalisation the most pressing...
Continuities and Discontinuities
The Political Economy of Social Welfare and Labour Market Policy in Canada
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1994
Continuities and Discontinuities assesses the making of Canadian social and labour market policy in the context of two factors—globalization and neoconservatism. Specialists from a variety of fields and disciplines examine the relation between Canada's changing political economy and its social...
Irish social policy (second edition)
A critical introduction
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This 2nd edition of a highly respected textbook offers a comprehensive introduction to Irish social policy. It provides an accessible, critical overview taking account of significant changes over recent years. The book is organised across four key sections: 1: Traces the emergence and development...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2012
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...
Global Social Policy
Themes, Issues and Actors
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Social policy is a subject that helps develop our understanding of the meaning of human wellbeing, and of the systems by which wellbeing must be promoted. As a discipline, social policy has traditionally been blunted by a focus on the nation state; however, in this age of globalisation the most pressing...
Social Policy and Practice in Canada
A History
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2012
Social Policy and Practice in Canada: A History traces the history of social policy in Canada from the period of First Nations’ control to the present day, exploring the various ways in which residents of the area known today as Canada have organized themselves to deal with (or to ignore) the needs...