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050 4 _aHN390 .S78 2012
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100 1 _aAlcock, Pete.
245 1 4 _aThe Student's Companion to Social Policy.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aNewark :
_bJohn Wiley & Sons, Incorporated,
_c2012.
264 4 _c©2012.
300 _a1 online resource (494 pages)
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
505 0 _aIntro -- The Student's Companion to Social Policy, Fourth Edition -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- PART I: Concepts and Approaches -- 1: The Subject of Social Policy -- 2: Approaches and Methods -- 3: Social Needs, Social Problems, and Social Welfare and Well-being -- 4: Equality, Rights, and Social Justice -- 5: Equalities and Human Rights -- 6: Efficiency, Equity, and Choice -- 7: Altruism, Reciprocity, and Obligation -- PART II: Key Perspectives -- 8: Neo-liberalism -- 9: The Conservative Tradition -- 10: Social Democracy -- 11: Socialist Perspectives -- 12: Feminist Perspectives -- 13: Green Perspectives -- 14: Postmodernist Perspectives -- PART III: Historical Context -- 15: History and Social Policy -- 16: Nineteenth-Century Beginnings -- 17: The Liberal Era and the Growth of State Welfare -- 18: The Post-war Welfare State -- 19: Crisis, Retrenchment, and the Impact of Neo-liberalism (1976-1997) -- 20: Modernization and the Third Way -- PART IV: Contemporary Context -- 21: Demography -- 22: Economic Policy and Social Policy -- 23: Religion -- 24: Family Policy -- 25: Divisions and Difference -- 26: Poverty and Social Exclusion -- 27: The Distribution of Welfare -- 28: The Policy Process -- 29: Evaluation and Evidence-based Social Policy -- PART V: Welfare Production and Provision -- 30: State Welfare -- 31: Commercial Welfare -- 32: Occupational Welfare -- 33: Voluntary Welfare -- 34: Informal Welfare -- 35: Paying for Welfare -- 36: Taxation and Welfare -- 37: Citizenship and Access to Welfare -- PART VI: Welfare Governance -- 38: Managing and Delivering Welfare -- 39: Accountability for Welfare -- 40: Welfare Users and Social Policy -- 41: Local and Regional Government and Governance -- 42: Social Policy and Devolution -- 43: Social Policy and the European Union.
505 8 _a44: International Organizations -- PART VII: Welfare Services -- 45: Income Maintenance and Social Security -- 46: Employment -- 47: Health Care -- 48: Education in Schools -- 49: Lifelong Learning and Training -- 50: Housing -- 51: Social Care -- 52: Criminal Justice -- PART VIII: Services for Particular Groups -- 53: 'Race' and Social Welfare -- 54: Children -- 55: Young People -- 56: Older People -- 57: Disability -- 58: Migrants and Asylum Seekers -- PART IX: International Issues -- 59: Comparative Analysis -- 60: Social Policy in Europe -- 61: Social Policy in Liberal Market Societies -- 62: Social Policy in East Asian Societies -- 63: Social Policy in Middle Eastern Societies -- 64: Social Policy in Developing Societies -- Appendix: The Social Policy Association (SPA) -- Index.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aPublic welfare-Great Britain.
650 0 _aSocial policy-Study and teaching.
650 0 _aGreat Britain-Social policy.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aAlcock, Pete
_tThe Student's Companion to Social Policy
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_z9780470655658
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aNew York Academy of Sciences Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=7104533
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