Social Policy Review 21

Social Policy Review 21
Title Social Policy Review 21 PDF eBook
Author Rummery, Kirstein
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 344
Release 2009-06-17
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9781847423733

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Social Policy Review provides readers invested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of interest during the past year. This year the Review uses the 60th anniversary of key legislation founding the welfare state in the UK to provide a comprehensive overview of policy developments in the UK and internationally.

The Handbook of Social Policy

The Handbook of Social Policy
Title The Handbook of Social Policy PDF eBook
Author James Midgley
Publisher SAGE
Pages 570
Release 2000
Genre Political Science
ISBN 9780761915614

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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 Review 36

Social Policy Review 36
Title Social Policy Review 36 PDF eBook
Author Bozena Sojka
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 210
Release 2024-06-28
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1447373596

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Available Open Access digitally under CC-BY-NC-ND licence. Experts from across the globe review leading social policy scholarship in this new volume in the Social Policy Review series. Specialists explore local and multi-level trends in social policy including government responses to the cost-of-living crisis in the UK and decentralisation in primary health care in Thailand. They also review policy responses to working age risks in England, Italy and Australia, as well as policy developments and transformations such as social protection in Japan and Australia and immigration resettlement schemes in the UK. Published in association with the Social Policy Association, the latest book in this respected series will be essential reading for students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.

Social Policy Review 31

Social Policy Review 31
Title Social Policy Review 31 PDF eBook
Author Catherine Needham
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 292
Release 2019-07-22
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1447344006

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Bringing together the voices of leading experts in the field, this edition offers an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship over the past year. The book considers a range of current issues and critical debates in UK and international social policy field. It contains vital research, including discussions on the changing landscape of occupational as well as corporate welfare in the UK, the continuing impact of austerity on various social policy areas and the challenges currently faced by the NHS. Published in association with the SPA, this comprehensive analysis of the current state of social policy will be of interest to students and academics in social policy, social welfare and related disciplines.

Social Policy Review 25

Social Policy Review 25
Title Social Policy Review 25 PDF eBook
Author Ramia, Gaby
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 338
Release 2013-06-27
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1447312848

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The field of social policy has a rich history but policies on the ground are undergoing intensive change. Governments around the world are responding to political, economic and financial pressures, many of them linked to the global economic crisis. National agendas typically have social policy at or close to the centre. This latest edition of Social Policy Review presents an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. It brings together research by an exciting range of internationally renowned authors and examines important debates in British and international social policy. This edition includes a special focus in the third part on work, employment and insecurity. Social Policy Review is essential reading for social policy academics and students and for anyone who is interested in the social and economic implications of government policy.

Social Policy Review 20

Social Policy Review 20
Title Social Policy Review 20 PDF eBook
Author Maltby, Tony
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 321
Release 2008-06-11
Genre Political Science
ISBN 1847423523

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Social Policy Review provides students, academics and all those interested in welfare issues with critical analyses of progress and change in areas of major interest during the past year. Contributions reflect key themes in the UK and internationally. The first part of the collection focuses on developments and change in core UK social policy areas. Part two provides in-depth analyses of topical issues from both UK and international perspectives, while this year's themed section examines 'Gender and policy'.

Social Policy Review 28

Social Policy Review 28
Title Social Policy Review 28 PDF eBook
Author Menno Fenger
Publisher Policy Press
Pages 289
Release 2016-06-29
Genre Political Science
ISBN 144733180X

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Drawing together a mix of internationally renown contributors, Social Policy Review 28 provides an up-to-date and diverse review of the best in social policy scholarship. With specially commissioned reviews of pensions, health care, conditionality and housing this book examines important debates in the field. A themed section on personalised budgets examines the introduction and consequences of personalisation of funding from the perspectives of the UK, Australia and Norway and considers the impact of such funding on vulnerable groups such as the elderly and the homeless. Published in association with the SPA this comprehensive discussion and analysis of the current state of social policy will be of keen interest to academics and students.