Social policy : an introduction / Kenneth Blakemore, Edwin Griggs

By:

Kenneth Blakemore

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Maidenhead : Open University Press, 2007.Edition: 3rd edDescription: xi, 330 p. ; ill. ; 25 cmISBN:

9780335218745

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DDC classification:

361.610941 BLA

Contents:

The subject of social policy Ideas and concepts in social policy The development of social policy in Britain The contested boundaries of social policy: The case of criminal justice policy Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake Social policy, politics and social control Who makes policy? The example of education Work and welfare Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals Utopias and ideals: Housing policy and the environment Community and social care Devolution and social policy Conclusion: the future of social policy

Summary: Offers an introduction to various developments in social policy and welfare. Covering social policy in the UK, this book contains chapters on criminal justice; and, education, community and social care, and health. It acts as a reference for practitioners and professional policy makers in fields including health, and medicine and nursing

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Includes index.

The subject of social policy
Ideas and concepts in social policy
The development of social policy in Britain
The contested boundaries of social policy: The case of criminal justice policy
Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake
Social policy, politics and social control
Who makes policy? The example of education
Work and welfare
Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals
Utopias and ideals: Housing policy and the environment
Community and social care
Devolution and social policy
Conclusion: the future of social policy

Offers an introduction to various developments in social policy and welfare. Covering social policy in the UK, this book contains chapters on criminal justice; and, education, community and social care, and health. It acts as a reference for practitioners and professional policy makers in fields including health, and medicine and nursing

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