Comparative Social Policy
Subtitle: Theory and Research (Introducing Social Policy)
Publisher: Open University Press
Published: August 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 176
ISBN-13: 9780335201242
Subjects: Central government policies; Social issues; Social welfare & social services; Social Science; Politics / Current Events; Sociology; History & Theory - General; Public Policy - Social Policy; Public Policy - Social Services & Welfare; Sociology - General; Social policy; Welfare state
First sentence: This chapter overviews education as central to the creation of a welfare state which was intended to redistribute social goods and resources more equitably and to encourage economic growth and productivity.