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Contemporary social policy has never been more vigorously contested. Issues range from single-issue campaigns over housing, social care, hospital closures through to organised movements around disability, environment, health and education. However, the historical and contemporary role played by social movements in shaping social welfare has too often been neglected in standard social policy texts. "Understanding social welfare movements" is the first text to bring together social policy and social movement studies. Using actual case studies and written in an accessible and engaging style, it...

Using a biographical approach, this book: . vbTab]integrates the perspectives of social policy, sociology, youth and transition research, and education and labour market research;. vbTab]compares policy and practice in a variety of European national contexts;. vbTab]explores the dilemmas of policies for the inclusion of young people;. vbTab]suggests that a holistic Integrated Transition Policy, which puts young people's subjective experience at its centre, can provide an alternative to current policies and practice; This book is aimed at academics and students in social policy, sociology,...