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Insightful new chapters confront a variety of contemporary concerns, including divisions and difference, poverty and social exclusion, local and regional governance, users of welfare and more. In addition, all remaining contributions have been thoroughly updated to take into account policy innovations and any recent developments and issues in academic debate and policy. Students everywhere will rely on this invaluable companion for the most comprehensive and up-to-date information, inspiration and guidance throughout their studies.
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| Contributors | ||
| Preface | ||
| Acknowledgements | ||
| Introduction | ||
| Pt. I | What Is Social Policy? | 1 |
| I.1 | The Subject of Social Policy | 3 |
| I.2 | The Approaches and Methods of Social Policy | 11 |
| I.3 | The Role of Comparative Study | 17 |
| I.4 | History and Social Policy | 25 |
| Pt. II | Values and Perspectives | 31 |
| II.1 | Social Needs, Social Problems and Social Welfare | 35 |
| II.2 | Equality, Rights and Social Justice | 42 |
| II.3 | Efficiency, Equity and Choice | 48 |
| II.4 | Altruism, Reciprocity and Obligation | 55 |
| II.5 | Divisions, Difference and Exclusion | 63 |
| II.6 | The Neo-liberal Perspective | 71 |
| II.7 | The Conservative Tradition of Social Welfare | 78 |
| II.8 | The Social Democratic Perspective | 85 |
| II.9 | The Socialist Perspective | 92 |
| II.10 | The Third Way | 100 |
| II.11 | Feminist Perspectives | 107 |
| II.12 | 'Race' and Social Welfare | 113 |
| II.13 | The Green Perspective | 121 |
| II.14 | Postmodernism and New Directions | 127 |
| II.15 | Social Policy and Economic Policy | 137 |
| II.16 | Social Policy: Culture and Nationhood | 146 |
| II.17 | Social Policy and Family Policy | 153 |
| II.18 | Social Policy and Globalization | 160 |
| II.19 | Social Policy and the Political Process | 167 |
| Pt. III | The Production, Organization and Consumption of Welfare | 173 |
| III.1 | State Welfare | 177 |
| III.2 | Private Welfare | 184 |
| III.3 | The Voluntary Sector | 191 |
| III.4 | Informal Welfare | 200 |
| III.5 | Managing and Delivering Welfare | 209 |
| III.6 | The Governance of Local Welfare | 217 |
| III.7 | Social Policy within the United Kingdom | 225 |
| III.8 | Social Policy and the European Union | 234 |
| III.9 | Supranational Agencies and Social Policy | 241 |
| III.10 | Paying for Welfare | 253 |
| III.11 | Principles of Welfare | 260 |
| III.12 | The Distribution of Welfare | 267 |
| III.13 | Accountability for Welfare | 276 |
| Pt. IV | Issues in Social Policy | 285 |
| IV.1 | Children | 289 |
| IV.2 | Young People | 296 |
| IV.3 | Older People | 303 |
| IV.4 | Disabled People | 312 |
| IV.5 | Lone Parents | 318 |
| IV.6 | Migrants | 325 |
| IV.7 | Income Protection and Social Security | 335 |
| IV.8 | Employment | 342 |
| IV.9 | Health Care | 348 |
| IV.10 | Education | 355 |
| IV.11 | Housing | 362 |
| IV.12 | The Personal Social Services and Community Care | 370 |
| IV.13 | Criminal Justice | 378 |
| Pt. V | Resources | 385 |
| V.1 | Doing Projects in Social Policy | 389 |
| V.2 | Fieldwork Placements and the Social Policy Curriculum | 395 |
| V.3 | Guide to the Literature | 407 |
| V.4 | Data Sources in the UK: National, Central and Local Government | 417 |
| V.5 | Other Sources of UK Data | 428 |
| V.6 | European and International Data Sources | 436 |
| V.7 | The Internet and Web-based Sources | 443 |
| Pt. VI | Careers in Social Policy | 451 |
| VI.1 | Careers and Postgraduate Study in Social Policy | 453 |
| App | The Social Policy Association (SPA) | 468 |
| Index | 469 |
Overview
Insightful new chapters confront a variety of ...