A handbook of comparative social policy
By: edited by Patricia Kennett
Edition: Second edition.
Series: Elgar original reference; Elgar original reference
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9781849803663; 9781782546535; 9781782546603
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE; Social policy; Socialpolitik; Social Services & Welfare; Globalization; Human Services; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy
Description: The current context of social policy is one in which many of the old certainties of the past have been eroded. The predominantly inward-looking, domestic preoccupation of social policy has made way for a more integrated, international and outward approach to analysis which looks beyond the boundaries of the state. It is in this context that this Handbook brings together the work of key commentators in the field of comparative analysis in order to provide comprehensive coverage of contemporary debates and issues in cross-national social policy research. Organized around five themes, this thoroughly revised and updated second edition explores the contextual, conceptual, analytical and processual aspects of undertaking comparative social research. The contributions highlight specific areas of comparative social policy including child poverty and wellbeing, patterns of housing provision and housing inequalities, social protection in East Asia as well as crime and criminology in a global context. The Handbook explores the continuing and emerging themes as well as issues which are of particular relevance to understanding the contemporary social world. International in scope, this authoritative Handbook presents original cutting-edge research from leading specialists, and will become an indispensable source of reference for anyone interested in comparative social research. It will also prove a valuable study aid for undergraduate and postgraduate students from a range of disciplines including social policy, sociology, politics, urban studies and public policy.
Notes: Previous edition: 2004.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Table of contents: title: pt. I THE STATE AND SOCIAL POLICY IN A GLOBALIZING WORLD; title: 1. Hollowing out the ǹation-state' and multi-level governance / Bob Jessop; title: 2. Globalization, human security and social policy: North and South / Andres Perez-Baltodano; title: 3. Globalization and the decline of sòcial protection by other means': the transformation of welfare regimes in Australia, Japan and Eastern Europe / Ramesh Mishra; title: pt. II CONCEPTS AND DEFINITIONS; title: 4. Defining comparative social policy / Jochen Clasen; title: 5. Conceptualizing state and society / Graham Crow; title: 6. The ethnocentric construction of the welfare state / Chack-kie Wong; title: 7. Translation: towards a critical comparative social policy agenda / David Bainton; title: pt. III COMPARING AND CATEGORIZING SOCIAL POLICY PROVISION AND REDISTRIBUTION; title: 8. Gender, citizenship and welfare state regimes in the early twenty-first century: ìncomplete revolution' and/or gender equality l̀ost in translation' / Julia S. O'Connor; title: 9. Structured diversity: a framework for critically comparing welfare states? / Norman Ginsburg; title: 10. Social development and social welfare: implications for comparative social policy / James Midgley; title: 11. Social policy regimes in the developing world / Ian Gough; title: pt. IV THE RESEARCH PROCESS; title: 12. Crossing cultural boundaries / Linda Hantrais; title: 13. Cross-national qualitative research methods: innovations in the new millennium / Steen Mangen; title: 14. Quantitative methods with survey data in comparative research / Jaak Billiet; title: pt. V THEMES AND DEBATES; title: 15. Child poverty and child well-being in comparative perspective / Jonathan Bradshaw; title: 16. The contours of the housing question / Ray Forrest; title: 17. Global economic downturn and social protection in East Asia: coping with crisis and reducing poverty / Huck-ju Kwon; title: 18. Globalization, crime and comparative criminal justice / David Nelken.