Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy

This lively textbook, part of the successful Understanding Welfare series, helps us to understand policy, politics and practice. It combines an in-depth exploration of selected theoretical perspectives and concepts with a student-friendly format.

About the author

Ruth Lister CBE is Emeritus Professor of Social Policy at Loughborough University and was recently appointed a Labour peer. She is a former director of the Child Poverty Action Group and was a member of the National Equality Panel, the Commission on Social Justice and various other commissions. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. She has published widely in the areas of gender, poverty and inequality, citizenship and welfare reform

Summary

This lively textbook, part of the successful Understanding Welfare series, helps us to understand policy, politics and practice. It combines an in-depth exploration of selected theoretical perspectives and concepts with a student-friendly format.

Product details

• Authors: Ruth Liester, Ruth Lister, Ruth (Department of Social Sciences Lister
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781861347930
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-793-0
• No. of pages: 328
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 18 mm
• Weight: 568 g
• Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series; Understanding Welfare: Social; Understanding Welfare: Social; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories