| Description |
1 online resource (vi, 325 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Introduction / Michael Lavalette and Alan Pratt -- 2. Neo-liberalism and social policy / Alan Pratt -- 3. Towards a 'new' social democracy / Alan Pratt -- 4. Marxism and welfarism / Michael Lavalette -- 5. Feminist critiques of social policy / Kath Woodward -- 6. Racism and social policy / Laura Penketh -- 7. Distributive justice and social policy / Brian Lund -- 8. Citizenship, social solidarity and social policy / Jonathan Pratt -- 9. Cultural turns, post-structuralism and social policy / Beth Widdowson -- 10. Living in a material world : postmodernism and social policy / Iain Ferguson -- 11. Children, social policy and the state : the dichotomy of care and control / Stephen Cunningham and Jo Tomlinson |
| Summary |
The revised and updated Third Edition of this widely adopted textbook provides students with the essential tools to gain a clear understanding of the theoretical debates surrounding the discipline. New areas of consideration cover citizenship, post-structuralism, the politics of food and globalization. Student exercises and reading lists feature throughout the text and practical examples are used to illustrate conceptual and theoretical material, making it the ideal core textbook for undergraduate social policy students, as well as those studying related welfare modules acr |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 290-314) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Social policy.
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Public welfare.
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Welfare state.
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Public welfare -- Great Britain
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public policy.
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welfare services.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Human Services.
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Public welfare
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Social policy
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Welfare state
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Sozialpolitik
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| SUBJECT |
Great Britain -- Social policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90001105
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| Subject |
Great Britain
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| Genre/Form |
Lehrbuch.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Lavalette, Michael
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Pratt, Alan
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| ISBN |
9781446203576 |
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1446203573 |
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1283859157 |
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9781283859158 |
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