Exploring social policy in the 'new' Scotland
By: edited by Gerry Mooney and Gill Scott.
Contributors: Mooney, Gerry, 1960-; Scott, Gill.
Publisher: Policy Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Bristol
Language: eng
Number of pages: 282
Subjects: Scotland -- Social policy.
Description: This text integrates the description & analysis of social policy in Scotland since devolution in 1999. It has been designed to support the delivery of social policy & related courses in Scotland itself but also to appeal to students on social policy, politics, sociology, and regional studies courses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: themes and questions -- Gerry Mooney -- and -- Gill Scott; title: Governance and social policy in the devolved Scotland -- Lynne Poole -- and -- Gerry Mooney; title: Welfare nationalism: social justice and/or entrepreneurial Scotland? -- Alex Law; title: Managing poverty in the devolved Scotland -- Gill Scott, -- Gerry Mooney -- and -- Usha Brown; title: Women,inequalities and social policy -- Alsa McKay -- and -- Morag Gillespie; title: An inclusive Scotland? The Scottish Executive and racial inequality -- Philomena de Lima; title: Urban policy and the city in the 'new' Scotland -- Charlie Johnstone -- and -- Chris McWilliams; title: Criminal justice in the devolved Scotland -- Hazel Croall; title: Health and health policy -- Carol Tannahill; title: Social work and social care in the 'new' Scotland -- Iain Ferguson; title: Devolution, territorial politics and the politics of education -- Margaret Arnott; title: Conclusion: social policy in Scotland: imagining a different future? -- Gill Scott -- and -- Gerry Mooney.