Understanding social security 3e

The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015.

List of contents

Social security: the landscape ~ Jane Millar & Roy Sainsbury;
Part One: People and policies across the life course;
Social security support for children ~ Tess Ridge;
Social security and work obligations ~ Jane Millar;
Disabled people and carers ~ Roy Sainsbury;
Protecting pensioners ~ Steve McKay;
Gender and Social Security ~ Fran Bennett;
Social security and the 'management' of migration ~ Emma Carmel & Bozena Sojka;
Part Two: Issues in policy and practice;
Social security in global context ~ Nicola Yeates;
Who benefits and who pays? ~ Kevin Farnsworth & Zoë Irving;
Public Attitudes to 'Welfare' ~ John Hudson;
Everyday life on benefits ~ Ruth Patrick, Margaret Mbaikaize and Sue Watson;
Jobcentres and the delivery of employment services and benefits ~ Dan Finn;
Making It Simple? Universal Basic Income ~ Luke Martinelli;
Facing the future: where next for social security? ~ Roy Sainsbury & Jane Millar.

About the author

Jane Millar is professor of social policy and pro-vice-chancellor for research at the University of Bath, UK, Roy Sainsbury is director of the Department of Social Policy and Social Work at University of York.

Summary

The political and economic landscape of UK social security provision has changed significantly since the 2008 financial crisis. This fully revised, restructured and updated 3rd edition of a go-to text book covers all the key policy changes and their implications since the elections of 2010 and 2015.

Product details

• Authors: Jane Millar
• Assisted by: Jane Millar (Editor), Jane (Department of Social and Policy Sciences Millar (Editor), Roy Sainsbury (Editor), Roy (Social Policy Research Unit Sainsbury (Editor)
• Publisher: Policy Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.04.2018
• EAN: 9781447339472
• ISBN: 978-1-4473-3947-2
• No. of pages: 292
• Dimensions: 170 mm x 244 mm x 16 mm
• Weight: 508 g
• Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice Series; Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education