The idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how policy is conceived and why; what is taken for granted and what gets problematised; and how policy should be informed, analysed and understood.This book identifies key topics within the policy arena and subjects them to theoretical and practical analysis. It explores the meaning and framing of policy, and examines its practice from the micro- to the supra-national levels, using illustrative case studies to demonstrate how policy is contested,...
The idea of policy is ripe for critical reappraisal. Whilst the context for policy making changes constantly, multiple questions endure, such as how p...
The eighth edition of this successful textbook provides a student-friendly assessment of the key substantive areas of social policy and the context and processes which surround their development.
Written to engage students across the health and social sciences as well as those studying social policy as a main subject
Features a greater emphasis on key principles, themes, and issues, an overview of recent policy changes, broader coverage of the historical and global context, and new chapters on social care for adults and on education and children
Uses case...
The eighth edition of this successful textbook provides a student-friendly assessment of the key substantive areas of social policy and the context an...
The 2008 economic crisis destabilized the world s financial centers and ushered in a global economic slowdown, but the effects of the recession have not been uniform. As"Social Policy in Challenging Times"skillfully reveals, the global crisis can be better understood as a variety of crises, each mediated by its national context. Employing a fruitful international approach, the contributors to this timely book examine the recession s effects on social policy at different levels in different countries, illuminating the forces reshaping welfare system under radically altered circumstances."
The 2008 economic crisis destabilized the world s financial centers and ushered in a global economic slowdown, but the effects of the recession hav...
"Social Policy Review" is an annual publication that offers contributions from a mix of internationally prominent experts in social policy focusing on the economic and political challenges that confront governments and the diverse ways that they have responded. It offers the most up-to-date and comprehensive picture available of the current state of social policy and research.
"Social Policy Review" is an annual publication that offers contributions from a mix of internationally prominent experts in social policy focusing on...
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration of the crisis and softened its worst effects on citizens. Yet in the wake of the crisis, those very same social policies and the welfare state they support have come under attack. There is, however, reason to be optimistic, argue the contributors to Social Policy in Times of Austerity. Bringing together leading scholars engaged in the debate over austerity and the future of the welfare state, the book traces the strong currents of...
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration o...
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration of the crisis and softened its worst effects on citizens. Yet in the wake of the crisis, those very same social policies and the welfare state they support have come under attack. There is, however, reason to be optimistic, argue the contributors to Social Policy in Times of Austerity. Bringing together leading scholars engaged in the debate over austerity and the future of the welfare state, the book traces the strong currents of...
The effects of the 2008 financial crisis were ameliorated by large-scale social policy interventions, which both helped limit the depth and duration o...
Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus.
Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspec...
