Where academia and policy meet

This unique perspective on the academia-society nexus is the first cross-national comparative study on academic engagement in social policy formulation.

About the author

John Gal is a professor at the Paul Baewald School of Social Work and Social Welfare at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and senior researcher at the Taub Centre for Social Policy Studies. He has published extensively on social policy in a comparative perspective and in Israel and on policy practice among social workers.

Idit Weiss-Gal is an associate professor and Head of the Bob Shapell School of Social Work at Tel Aviv University. She has published extensively on the professional ideologies of social workers, on social work as a profession and on policy practice among social workers.

Summary

This unique perspective on the academia-society nexus is the first cross-national comparative study on academic engagement in social policy formulation.

Product details

• Assisted by: John Gal (Editor), John (Paul Baerwald School of Social Work and Social Welfare Gal (Editor), Idit Weiss-Gal (Editor), Idit (Bob Shapell School of Social Work Weiss-Gal (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2017
• EAN: 9781447320197
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-2019-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Dimensions: 161 mm x 240 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 622 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education