Making Social Policy Work [electronic resource].
Hills, John.
Le Grand, Julian.
Piachaud, David.
Bristol, U.K. : Policy,
2007.
Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. What has been achieved by efforts to improve services and reduce poverty? What is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice? These are some of the questions discussed in this collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics.
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Cover; Making social policy work; Contents; List of tables and figures; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors; 1. Introduction; 2. Principles, Poor Laws and welfare states; 3. Welfare: what for?; 4. Families, individuals and the state; 5. Schools, financing and educational standards; 6. Financing higher education: tax, graduate tax or loans?; 7. Quasi-markets in healthcare; 8. Social care: choice and control; 9. Neighbourhood renewal, mixed communities and social integration; 10. The restructuring of redistribution; 11. Pensions, public opinion and policy; 12. Distributing resources
Appendix :Bibliography of Howard Glennerster's publicationsIndex
Social policy is now central to political debate in Britain. What has been achieved by efforts to improve services and reduce poverty? What is needed to deliver more effective and popular services to all and increase social justice? These are some of the questions discussed in this collection of essays by a distinguished panel of leading social policy academics.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Glennerster, Howard.
Glennerster, Howard.
Sociology & Social History
Social Sciences
Social Conditions