Read more
Informationen zum Autor Tony Fitzpatrick is a Reader at the University of Nottingham, UK. Huck-ju Kwon is Associate Professor at Graduate School of Public Administration, Seoul National University, South Korea. He is also an External Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development. Nick Manning is Professor of Social Policy and Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK. James Midgley is Harry and Riva Specht Professor at University of California, Berkeley, USA. Gillian Pascall is Professor of Social Policy at the University of Nottingham, UK. Klappentext Comprehensive and authoritative! the Encyclopedia has sought to open up rather than to foreclose the numerous areas in which there is on-going research! debate and! sometimes! serious disagreement and divergence in theory and practice. To this end! entries attempt to introduce a core or common ground of understanding before moving on to a wider discussion of debates regarding different conceptual and geographical approaches. The whole is integrated by cross-referencing and each entry includes a bibliography for further reading. There is a full index. The International Encyclopedia of Social Policy provides the most substantial mapping of the international study and practice of social policy to date and will stand as a vital storehouse of knowledge for many years to come. Zusammenfassung Offers a treatment of various aspects of the discipline and practice of social policy globally. This title includes biographical entries on major policy makers and shapers. Inhaltsverzeichnis A-Z entries: From abortion; absolute and relative poverty; accountability and evaluation; acculturation; active welfare; Addams, Jane; adolescent pregnancies; adoption; adverse selection; Advocacy Coalition; affirmative action; affluence test; Africa; ageism; To mental illness; meritocracy; Mexico; Middle East; middle way, the; migrant workers; migrants; Minimum Income Standards; minimum wage legislation; minorities; minseiin; mixed economy; To women's movement, the; work; work test; workfare; workhouse, the; working hours; work-life balance; workman's compensation; World Bank; World Health Organisation; World Trade Organization; Yat-Sen, Son; young people; Younghusband, Eileen. ...
