Social policy in the modern world
Subtitle: a comparative text
By: Michael Hill.
Publisher: Blackwell
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Malden, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 311
ISBN-13: 9781405127233; 9781405127240
Subjects: Social planning -- Cross-cultural studies; Public welfare -- Cross-cultural studies; Social policy -- Cross-cultural studies; Social security -- Cross-cultural studies
Genres: Cross-cultural studies.
Description: "This text provides a coherent, thematic account of social policy in the modern world. Taking a comparative perspective, it explores similarities and differences in the ways in which different countries approach social policy, both by looking at the broad characteristics of those policies and by examining variations in the ways in which key issues of social welfare are handled."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introducing the comparative study of social policy; title: Comparative theory; title: Policy processes; title: Social security; title: Employment policy (by Margaret May); title: Health services; title: Social care; title: Education; title: Social divisions; title: Gender divisions; title: Ethnic divisions; title: Ageing societies; title: Conclusions : global developments.