Handbook on Society and Social Policy
Publisher: Elgar Publishing Limited, Edward
Published: 2020
Language: eng
Number of pages: 535
ISBN-13: 9781788113519
Subjects: Social sciences
Description: This comprehensive Handbook provides a unique overview of the key issues and challenges facing society and social policy in the twenty-first century, discussing how welfare is conceptualised, organised and delivered in contemporary global society. Chapters engage with specific areas of social policy as well as with the social divisions and institutional infrastructures that underpin them. The Handbook also considers how social policy should respond to the challenges posed by austerity, human migration and the climate crisis.