New Risks, New Welfare
Subtitle: Signposts for Social Policy (Broadening Perspectives on Social Policy)
Contributors: Ian Shaw (Editor)
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Limited
Published: July 1, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780631220428
First sentence: My main focus is the changing governance of welfare.
Description: "This collection explores the profound changes currently underway which will have significant implications for the future of social policy. New Risks, New Welfare provides a look at the likely developments in social policy and welfare that will occur in the twenty-first century. Taking an historical as well as a speculative perspective, this book looks at social change, types of welfare systems and changes in work - including welfare work - to navigate a likely course in the new millennium."--Jacket.