Social policy review 22 Analysis and debate in social policy, 2010 /
Kilkey, Majella.
Holden, Chris,1965-
Greener, Ian.
'Social Policy Review 22' presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It brings together specially commissioned reviews of key areas, research examining important debates in the field, and considers a range of issues including assessments of Labour's social policy after three terms in office, service-user involvement and the labour market impact of the economic crisis along with the winner of the SPA's best postgraduate paper award.
Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Education policy and policy making, 1997-2009 -- Children's social care under New Labour -- Health policy under New Labour: not what it seems? -- Towards a social democratic pension system? Assessing the significance of the 2007 and 2008 Pensions Acts -- Minimum income standards and household budgets -- Re-connecting with 'what unemployment means': employability, the experience of unemployment and priorities for policy in an era of crisis -- Facing the 'dark side' of deregulation? The politics of two-tier labour markets in Germany and Japan after the global financial crisis -- 'Flexibility', xenophobia and exploitation: modern slavery in the UK -- Mi Familia Progresa: change and continuity in Guatemala's social policy -- Service users and social policy: developing different discussions, challenging dominant discourses -- Participation and social justice -- Involving disabled children and young people in research and consultations: issues, challenges and opportunities -- Responding to unhappy childhoods in the UK: enhancing young people's 'well-being' through participatory action research -- Service users as peer research interviewers: why bother?
'Social Policy Review 22' presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It brings together specially commissioned reviews of key areas, research examining important debates in the field, and considers a range of issues including assessments of Labour's social policy after three terms in office, service-user involvement and the labour market impact of the economic crisis along with the winner of the SPA's best postgraduate paper award.
Description based on print version record.
Social policy.
Public welfare.
POLITICAL SCIENCE
SOCIAL SCIENCE
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Public welfare