What is Social Policy?

What is Social Policy?
Author: Daniel Beland
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2010-09-14
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745645844

From housing, pensions and family benefits, to health care, unemployment insurance and social assistance, the welfare state is a key aspect of our lives. This book provides a concise political and sociological introduction to social policy, helping readers to grasp the nature of social programs and the political struggles surrounding them.

An Introduction to Social Policy

An Introduction to Social Policy
Author: Peter Dwyer
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2013-03-15
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1446291650

An Introduction to Social Policy explores essential welfare topics, themes and issues for students studying social policy or related disciplines such as sociology, social work, or nursing and social care. - Part One examines key concepts including welfare, social justice, diversity and health and well-being. - Part Two explores policy issues in relation to key stages of the lifecourse. - Part Three takes a comparative perspective, discussing the international issues and supranational bodies that impact on British and European social policy today. The concise chapters define the key terms and outline the central debates, giving students a fundamental foundation for their degree. Chapter overviews and summaries guide readers through the book, and questions for reflection conclude each chapter to test readers′ knowledge. This book is essential reading for all students of social policy and the social sciences, as well as those taking joint honours programmes in social work, sociology, criminology, politics and social care. Peter Dwyer is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Salford. Sandra Shaw is Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Salford.

The Handbook of Social Policy

The Handbook of Social Policy
Author: James Midgley
Publisher: SAGE
Total Pages: 570
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780761915614

Comprises 33 papers grouped under five themes: The Nature of social policy; The History of social policy; Social policy and the social services; The Political economy of social policy; and International and future perspectives on social policy.

Social Policy

Social Policy
Author: Hartley Dean
Publisher: Polity
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2012-05-21
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0745651771

Providing a short and lively introduction for all students new to social policy, this text analyses how healthcare and education, jobs and money and even physical and emotional security are mediated through social policy.

Exploring the World of Social Policy

Exploring the World of Social Policy
Author: Hill, Michael
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 252
Release: 2020-04-22
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447335007

This bold new textbook represents a significant step forward in social policy teaching by combining comparative and global perspectives. Introducing readers to a wide spread of international challenges and issues, the book shows how insights into policy can be generated using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach. Global in its canvas and analytical in its method, the book: • explores the economic, social and political contexts of social policy; • examines in detail its institutions and fields of practice; • illustrates the field’s main ideas, themes and practices, drawing on a rich international literature and using pertinent and thought-provoking examples. Authored by two highly respected and experienced academics, this book demonstrates the rewards of studying social policy from an international perspective by avoiding the constraints of a single-nation focus. Clear, authoritative and wide-ranging, it will be essential reading for students of social sciences taking courses covering social policy, social welfare and comparative policy analysis.

Introduction to Social Policy Analysis

Introduction to Social Policy Analysis
Author: Stephen Sinclair
Publisher: Policy Press
Total Pages: 188
Release: 2016-02-24
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1447313917

In a political climate that is ever more focused on austerity and efficiency, it is crucial that those who advocate for, support, and implement social policy know how to analyze it and understand its effects, successes, and failures. This volume offers a clear introduction to social policy analysis, starting from the question of why social policy analysis is worthwhile, then moving on to how it can be used to consider approaches to a wide range of social welfare issues.

The Limits of Social Policy

The Limits of Social Policy
Author: Nathan Glazer
Publisher:
Total Pages: 215
Release: 1990
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780674534445

Many social policies of the 1960s and 1970s, designed to overcome poverty and provide a decent standard of living for all Americans, ran into trouble in the 1980s with politicians, with social scientists, and with the American people. Here Nathan Glazer looks back at what went wrong, arguing that our social policies, although targeted effectively on some problems, ignored others that are equally important. Glazer's knowledge and judgment, distilled in this book, will be a source of advice and wisdom for citizens and policymakers alike.

International Impacts on Social Policy

International Impacts on Social Policy
Author: Frank Nullmeier
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 551
Release: 2022
Genre: International relations
ISBN: 3030866459

This open access book consists of 39 short essays that exemplify how interactions between inter- and trans-national interdependencies and domestic factors have shaped the dynamics of social policy in various parts of the world at different points in time. Each chapter highlights a specific type of interdependence which has been identified to provide us with a nuanced understanding of specific social policy developments at discrete points in history. The volume is divided into four parts that are concerned with a particular type of cross-border interrelation. The four parts examine the impact on social policy of trade relations and economic crises, violence, international organisations and cross-border communication and migration. This book will be of interest to academics and postgraduate students in the field of social policy, global history and welfare state research from diverse disciplines: sociology, political science, history, law and economics. .

Social Policy and Social Programs

Social Policy and Social Programs
Author: Donald E. Chambers
Publisher: Allyn & Bacon
Total Pages: 292
Release: 2000
Genre: Political Science
ISBN:

To help student-practitioners maintain their sanity amid mutating social welfare policies and programs by developing critical analysis skills, Chambers (U. of Kansas) presents the field's historical-judicial contexts; a practical style of analysis; and an example applying basic concepts and evaluati