The student's companion to social policy
By: edited by Pete Alcock, Margaret May, and Karen Rowlingson.
Contributors: Alcock, Peter, 1951-; May, Margaret, 1947-; Rowlingson, Karen.; Social Policy Association (Great Britain)
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Blackwell Pub. Ltd
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781405169011
Subjects: Public welfare -- Great Britain; Social policy -- Study and teaching; Great Britain -- Social policy
Notes: The authors are members of the Social Policy Association.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The subject of social policy / Pete Alcock; title: Methods and approaches in social policy research / Saul Becker; title: History and social policy / David Gladstone; title: Social needs, social problems, social welfare and well-being / Nick Manning; title: Equality, rights, and social justice / Peter Taylor-Gooby; title: Efficiency, equity, and choice / Carol Propper; title: Altruism, reciprocity, and obligation / Hilary Land; title: Neo-liberalism / Nick Ellison; title: The conservative tradition / Robert Pinker; title: Social democracy / Robert M. Page; title: The socialist perspective / Hartley Dean; title: Third way perspectives / Martin Powell; title: Feminist perspectives / Jane Lewis; title: Green perspectives / Michael Cahill; title: Postmodernist perspectives / Tony Fitzpatrick; title: Divisions and difference / Sharon Wright; title: Poverty and social exclusion / Pete Alcock; title: The distribution of welfare / John Hills; title: Social policy and economic policy / Colin Hay; title: Culture and nationhood / Fiona Williams; title: Social policy and family policy / Jane Millar; title: The political process / John Hudson; title: Evidence and evaluation / Stephen Harrison and Ruth McDonald; title: State welfare / Catherine Bochel; title: Commercial welfare / Christopher Holden; title: Occupational welfare / Margaret May; title: Voluntary welfare / Jeremy Kendall; title: Informal care / Caroline Glendinning and Hilary Arksey; title: Paying for welfare / Howard Glennerster; title: Citizenship and access to welfare / Ruth Lister; title: Managing and delivering welfare / John Clarke; title: Accountability for welfare / Janet Newman; title: Welfare users and social policy / Peter Beresford; title: Local and regional government and governance and social policy / Guy Daly and Howard Davis; title: Social policy and devolution / Richard Parry; title: Social policy and the European Union / Linda Hantrais; title: Social policy and supranational governance / Nicola Yeates; title: Income maintenance and social security / Stephen McKay and Karen Rowlingson; title: Employment / Alan Deacon; title: Healthcare / Rob Baggott; title: Education in schools / Anne West; title: Lifelong learning and training / Claire Callender; title: Housing / Alan Murie; title: Social care / Jon Glasby; title: Criminal justice / Tim Newburn; title: "Race" and social welfare / Lucinda Platt; title: Children / Tess Ridge; title: Young people / Bob Coles; title: Older people / Alan Walker and Tony Maltby; title: Disability / Mark Priestley; title: Migrants and asylum-seekers / Alice Bloch; title: The role of comparative study in social policy / Margaret May; title: Globalization and social policy / Rob Sykes; title: Social policy in Europe / Jochen Clasen; title: Social policy in liberal market societies / Michael Hill; title: Social policy in East Asian societies / Michael Hill; title: Social policy in developing societies / Patricia Kennett.