Civic Engagement

List of contents

Foreword 1. Recent trends in civic disengagement 2. Entitlement and adherence in schools 3. Absence from work 4. Housing benefit: slow on the take-up? 5. School and local authority characteristics associated with take-up of free school meals in Scottish secondary schools, 2014 6. Using administrative innovation to address missed consultant outpatient appointments 7. Using economic analysis to increase civic engagement 8. (Dis)appointment: conspicuous absence in contemporary society

About the author

Robin G. Milne was an Honorary Research Fellow and is now Specialist Professional in Economics at the University of Glasgow, UK, where he was previously Senior Lecturer.

Summary

This book looks at the nature and extent of civic engagement, in terms of the use made of the National Health Service, state education, social security, and the workplace; and the identification of impediments to its full realisation. It was originally published as a special issue of Contemporary Social Science.

Product details

• Authors: Robin G. Milne
• Assisted by: Robin G. Milne (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.2017
• EAN: 9781138080171
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08017-1
• No. of pages: 106
• Series: Contemporary Issues in Social Science
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > General; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, Illness & addiction: social aspects, Educational strategies & policy, Sociology: work & labour, Medical Sociology, Health, illness and addiction: social aspects, Sociology: work and labour, Educational strategies and policy