Understanding social problems : issues in social policy /
edited by Margaret May, Robert Page, Edward Brunsdon.
- xvi, 321 p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Social Problems in Social Policy: An Introduction / Studying Social Problems -- Social Problems: Sociological Perspectives / The Exploration of Social Problems in the Field of Social Policy / Social Policy, Social Problems -- The Family -- Family Change and Lone Parents as a Social Problem / Caring and Dependency: Age and Disability / Domestic Violence / Poverty and Social Exclusion -- The Changing Face of Poverty / Child Poverty and the Policy Response / Homelessness / Income and Wealth / Health -- Health Inequalities / Mental Disorder / Problematic Identities and Health / Community Problems -- The Problematic Community / Safe and Sound? Crime, Disorder and Community Safety Policies / Drugs and Drug Misuse / Reporting Social Problems -- Press-Ganged! Media Reporting of Social Work and Child Abuse / Defrauding the Community? The Abuse of Welfare / Ways of Seeing: The News Media and Racist Violence / Consumer Protection in Social Policy -- Protecting the 'Vulnerable': Welfare and Consumer Protection / Food andthe Environment / Margaret May, Robert Page and Edward Brunsdon -- John Clarke -- Robert Page -- Jane Lewis -- John Baldock -- Lorraine Radford -- David Donnison -- Karen Rowlingson -- Mark Liddiard -- Paul Spicker -- Helen Jones -- Pauline Prior -- David Kelleher -- Susanne MacGregor -- Dee Cook -- Arthur Gould -- Bob Franklin and Nigel Parton -- Hartley Dean -- Eugene MLaughlin and Karim Murji -- Margaret May -- Meg Huby. Part I. 1. 2. Part II. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Part III. 16. 17. 18. Part IV. 19. 20.