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The Meaning of Social Policy : The Comparative Dimension in Social Welfare.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2020Copyright date: ©1980Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (334 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781000231397
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Meaning of Social PolicyDDC classification:
  • 361.6/1
LOC classification:
  • HN28 .M335 2019
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part One: Framework for Cross-National Research -- 2. Values and Ideologies -- 3. The Definition of Social Welfare and Social Policy -- 4. Key Problems of Methodology -- Part Two: The Structure of Social Security -- 5. Themes in National Experience -- 6. The Impact of Social Security on Society -- 7. Social Security and the Individual -- Part Three: Personal Social Services -- 8. Comparative National Experience -- 9. The Organization of Social Welfare -- 10. Services for Special Groups -- Part Four: Planning -- 11. Social Welfare Planning -- 12. Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Name Index -- Suject Index.
Summary: The purpose of this book is to survey the literature on social welfare policies and planning of different nations in order to explain some of the major problems that are encountered in comparative research and to highlight what has been learned so far.
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Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Part One: Framework for Cross-National Research -- 2. Values and Ideologies -- 3. The Definition of Social Welfare and Social Policy -- 4. Key Problems of Methodology -- Part Two: The Structure of Social Security -- 5. Themes in National Experience -- 6. The Impact of Social Security on Society -- 7. Social Security and the Individual -- Part Three: Personal Social Services -- 8. Comparative National Experience -- 9. The Organization of Social Welfare -- 10. Services for Special Groups -- Part Four: Planning -- 11. Social Welfare Planning -- 12. Conclusion -- Select Bibliography -- Name Index -- Suject Index.

The purpose of this book is to survey the literature on social welfare policies and planning of different nations in order to explain some of the major problems that are encountered in comparative research and to highlight what has been learned so far.

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