Social Policy Simplified: Connecting Theory with People's Lives

ISBN-13: 9781137362957 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 272 str.

Clive Sealey

Opis

This book takes social policy back to its basics. Each chapter systematically breaks down the subject to equip students not only with knowledge of the theoretical themes and perspectives which underpin social policy, but also of the relevance of social policy in everyday life.

Spis treści

1. What Is Social Policy And Why Is It Relevant To You? 2. Which Benefits Do You Receive From Social Policy, And Who Receives The Most Benefits? 3. Why Has Your Cradle To Grave Entitlement To Social Policy Benefits Developed To Exist As It Does Today? 4. Do You Pay Too Much Tax For The Social Policy Benefits You Receive? 5. Can Social Policy Solve The Problem Of Poverty? 6. Should Entitlement To Social Policy Benefits Be Just For Some People Or For Everyone? 7. How Broadly Or Narrowly Should Social Policy Meet Your Welfare Needs? 8. Who Should Provide Social Policies? 9. What Does The Future Hold For Social Policy? 10. How Can Your Ideological Beliefs Make And Change Social Policy? 11. Is Relying On Social Policy Benefits Over A Long Time An Easy Life? 12. Why Is Studying Social Policy Relevant To You?

O autorze

Clive Sealey is a Lecturer in Social Policy and Theory at the University of Worcester, UK.

Blurb

What is social policy and why does it matter to you? Well, if you or your family have ever used the NHS, ever been employed, ever studied at a school, college or university, ever had a home then social policy has had an impact on your life.

Social Policy Simplified provides an engaging, accessible and topical account of social policy by exploring its specific relevance to the reader. It brings the subject back to its basics by exploring the fundamental questions, such as: Who receives the most benefits? Do you pay too much tax? What benefits do you receive? Key Points, Questions and 'Real life' features run throughout to aid and stimulate learning and to connect theory with practice and peoples' lives. What most textbooks fail to do is to apply social policy in this way: what does it mean and how does it affect the lives of everyday people?

This book will provide the foundations of social policy for anyone new to the field including students of Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology and Health Studies.