Social policy
By: Hartley Dean
Edition: Second edition
Publisher: Polity
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cambridge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 157
ISBN-13: 9780745651781
Subjects: Sozialpolitik; Social policy
Description: Providing a short and lively introduction for all students new to social policy, this text analyses how healthcare and education, jobs and money and even physical and emotional security are mediated through social policy.
Notes: First published in 2006.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [132]-146) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. What is Social Policy?; title: 2. Where did it Come From?; title: 3. Why on Earth does it Matter?; title: 4.What does Human Wellbeing Entail?; title: 5. Who Gets What?; title: 6. Who's in Control?; title: 7. What's the Trouble with Human Society?; title: 8.Can Social Policy Solve Social Problems?; title: 9. How are the Times a-Changing?; title: 10. Where is Social Policy Going?.