Student''s Companion to Social Policy 5e

This fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Student's Companion to Social Policy charts the latest developments, research, challenges, and controversies in the field in a concise, authoritative format.* Provides students with the analytical base from which to investigate and evaluate key concepts, perspectives, policies, and outcomes at national and international levels* Features a new section on devolution and social policy in the UK; enhanced discussion of international and comparative issues; and new coverage of 'nudge'-based policies, austerity politics, sustainable welfare, working age conditionality, social movements, policy learning and transfer, and social policy in the BRIC countries* Offers essential information for anyone studying social policy, from undergraduates on introductory courses to those pursuing postgraduate or professional programmes* Accompanied by updated online resources to support independent learning and skill development with chapter overviews, study questions, guides to key sources and career opportunities, a key term glossary, and more* Written by a team of experts working at the forefront of social policy

List of contents

IntroductionPart I Concepts and Approaches1. What is Social Policy?Pete Alcock2. Researching Social PolicySaul Becker and Pete Alcock3. Social Needs, Social Problems, Social Welfare and WellbeingNick Manning4. Equality and Social JusticePeter Taylor-Gooby5. Human Rights and EqualityDeidre Flanigan and Alison Hosie6. Efficiency, Equity and ChoiceCarol Propper7. CitizenshipPeter Dwyer8. Changing BehaviourJessica PykettPart II Key Perspectives9. Neo-liberalismick Ellison10. The Conservative TraditionHugh Bochel11. Social DemocracyRobert Page12. Socialist PerspectivesHartley Dean13. Feminist PerspectivesShona Hunter14. Social MovementsLouisa Parks15. Post-Modernist PerspectivesTony FitzpatrickPart III Historical Context16. Nineteenth Century BeginningsBernard Harris17. The Liberal EraNoel Whiteside18. The Post-War Welfare StateRobert Page19. Crisis, Retrenchment and Neo-LiberalismHoward Glennerster20. Modernisation and the Third WayMartin Powell21. Austerity PoliticsJay WigganPart IV Devolution and Social Policy in the UK22. Social Policy and DevolutionRichard Parry23. Social Policy in Northern IrelandAnn Marie Gray and Derek Birrell24. Social Policy in ScotlandLynne Poole25. Social Policy in WalesPaul ChaneyPart V Contemporary Context and Challenges26. The Demographic ChallengeJane Falkingham and Athina Vlachantoni27. The Economic ContextKevin Farnsworth and Zoe Irving28. The Sustainability ChallengeTony Fitzpatrick29. The Role of ReligionRana Jawed30. The Distribution of WelfareJohn Hills31. Divisions and DifferenceSharon Wright32. 'Race', Minority Ethnic Groups and Social WelfareLucinda Platt33. Poverty and Social ExclusionPete AlcockPart VI Welfare Production and Provision34. State WelfareCatherine Bochel35. Commercial WelfareChristopher Holden36. Occupational WelfareEdward Brunsdon and Margaret May37. Voluntary WelfareJeremy Kendall38. Informal WelfareLinda Pickard39. Welfare Users and Social PolicyCatherine Needham40. Paying for WelfareHoward Glennerster41. Taxation and WelfareStuart Adam and Barra RoantreePart VII Welfare Governance42. The Policy ProcessHugh Bochel43. Managing and Delivering WelfareIan Greener44. Accountability for WelfareJackie Gulland45. Local GovernanceGuy Daly and Howard Davis46. The European UnionLinda HantraisPart VIII Welfare Domains47. Social SecurityKaren Rowlingson and Stephen McKay48. EmploymentAlan Whitworth and Eleanor Carter49. Health CareRob Baggott50. Public HealthRob Baggott51. Education in SchoolsAnne West52. Lifelong Learning and TrainingClaire Callender53. HousingDavid Mullins54. Social CareJon Glasby55. Criminal JusticeTim NewburnPart IX Experiencing Welfare56. Working Age ConditionalityRuth Patrick57. Family PoliciesTina Haux58. ChildrenTess Ridge59. Young PeopleBob Coles and Aniela Wenham60. Older PeopleKate Hamblin61. DisabilityMark Priestley62. Migrants and Asylum SeekersMajella KilkeyPart X International and Comparative Context63. Comparative AnalysisMargaret May64. Policy Learning and TransferJohn Hudson65. Social Policy in EuropeJochen Clasen and Daniel Clegg66. Social Policy in the USAScott L. Greer and Philip M. Singer67. Social Policy in East AsiaMisa Izuhara68. Social Policy in the BRICS countriesRebecca Surender69. Social Policy in the Middle East and North AfricaRana Jawad70. Social Policy in Developing SocietiesPatricia Kennett71. Globalism and International OrganisationsNicola YeatesAppendix: The Social Policy Association (SPA)

About the author

Pete Alcock is Professor of Social Policy and Administration at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has been teaching and researching in social policy for forty years. From 2003-2008, he was Head of the School of Social Sciences at Birmingham, from 2008-2014 he was Director of the Third Sector Research Centre (TSRC), and since 2013 he has been Director of the University's ESRC Doctoral Training Centre. He is author and editor of a number of leading books on social policy including Social Policy in Britain (4th edition, 2014), Welfare Theory and Development (4 volumes, 2011), International Social Policy: Welfare Regimes in the Developed World (2nd edition, 2009), and Understanding Poverty (3rd edition, 2006).His research has covered the fields of poverty and anti-poverty policy, social security, and the role of the UK third sector.

Tina Haux is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Kent, UK, and a member of the Qstep team at Kent. Her main research interests are family policy, welfare-to-work, social justice, evidence-based policy-making and, increasingly, longitudinal research methods. She is the author of the forthcoming book The Impact of Social Policy Scholars (2017).

Margaret May is Honorary Research Fellow in Social Policy and a member of the Centre for Household Asset and Savings Management (CHASM) at the University of Birmingham, UK. A past chair of the Social Policy Association, she has been teaching and researching in social policy for over thirty years and has edited and co-authored a number of leading books in the field, including Social Policy in Britain (fourth edition, 2014) and The Blackwell Dictionary of Social Policy (Blackwell, 2002). Her research interests include occupational and private welfare, employment policy, and human resource management. Sharon Wright is Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, where she teaches social and public policy, specializing in the policy process; policy, politics and power; and work, welfare, and the politics of reform. Her international research interests are in the lived experiences of poverty, social security, welfare reform, and the implementation of employment services at street-level. She is co-editor of Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth: Policies and Prospects (2008), and is currently conducting a major new study entitled 'Welfare Conditionality: Sanctions, Support, and Behaviour Change'.

Summary

This fully updated and expanded edition of the bestselling Student s Companion to Social Policy charts the latest developments, research, challenges, and controversies in the field in a concise, authoritative format.

Product details

• Authors: P Alcock, Pet Alcock, Pete Alcock, Pete (University of Birmingham Alcock, Pete Haux Alcock, Tin Haux, Tina Haux, Margaret May, Margaret et al May, Sharon Wright
• Assisted by: Pete Alcock (Editor), Tin Haux (Editor), Tina Haux (Editor), Margaret May (Editor), Margaret May et al (Editor), Sharon Wright (Editor)
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 26.08.2016
• EAN: 9781118965979
• ISBN: 978-1-118-96597-9
• No. of pages: 596
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Chemistry; Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication; Soziologie, Sozialarbeit, Sozialpolitik, Sociology, Social Work, Allg. Soziologie, Social Policy & Welfare, Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt, Allg. Sozialpolitik u. Wohlfahrt