Understanding Theories and Concepts in Social Policy

Informationen zum Autor 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 Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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: Lister, Ruth Lister, Ruth (Department of Social Sciences Lister
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2010
• EAN: 9781861347947
• ISBN: 978-1-86134-794-7
• No. of pages: 311
• Dimensions: 171 mm x 241 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Understanding Welfare: Social Issues, Policy and Practice
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories