Risk, Social Policy And Welfare (Introducing Social Policy)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: February 1, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Library Binding
Number of pages: 160
ISBN-13: 9780335204106
Subjects: Health systems & services; Social issues; Social welfare & social services; Social Science; Sociology; General; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Medical / Public Health; Sociology - General; 1979-; Great Britain; Public welfare; Risk; Social policy
First sentence: The word 'risk' is pervasive in contemporary life and has come to encompass a wide range of future events and behaviours that are often complex and far from uniform.