Social policy : theory and practice / Paul Spicker.
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TextPublisher: Bristol : The Policy Press, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Third editionDescription: xii, 499 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 1447316096
- 9781447316091
- 144731610X
- 9781447316107
- 1447316126
- 9781447316121
- 361.610941 23
- HN28 .S65 2014
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| Book | City Campus City Campus Main Collection | 361.610941 SPI (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | A549249B | ||
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| 361.610941 OFF An intellectual history of British social policy : idealism versus non-idealism / | 361.610941 SOC Social policy : a conceptual and theoretical introduction / | 361.610941 SOC Social policy review. 6 / | 361.610941 SPI Social policy : theory and practice / | 361.610941 SPI Social policy : theory and practice / | 361.610941 STU The student's companion to social policy / | 361.610941 TAY Perspectives on social identity / |
Previous edition: Bristol: Policy, 2008.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1. Introduction: the nature of social policy -- Part 1. Social policy and society : -- 2. Welfare in society -- 3. Inequalities -- 4. Problems and responses -- 5. Needs and welfare -- 6. Indicators: quantifying social issues -- Part 2. Policy : -- 7. Public policy -- 8. Welfare states -- 9. Principles and values -- 10. Strategies for welfare -- 11. Policy in practice -- Part 3. Social administration: the organisation and delivery of welfare : -- 12. Welfare sectors -- 13. The organisation of public services -- 14. Value for money -- 15. Service delivery -- 16. Receiving welfare -- 17. The administrative process -- Part 4. The methods and approaches of Social Policy : -- 18. Research for policy -- 19. Evidence and policy -- 20. Social policy for practice -- Social policy: a guide to sources.
"The book lays out the architecture of social policy as a field of study, binding the discussion of theory to the understanding of social policy in practice. It aims to provide students and practitioners with a sense of the scope, range and purpose of the subject while developing critical awareness of problems, issues and common fallacies."--Back cover.
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