Social policy: an introduction

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Offers an introduction to various developments in social policy and welfare. Covering social policy in the UK, this book contains chapters on criminal justice; and, education, community and social care, and health. It acts as a reference for practitioners and professional policy makers in fields including health, and medicine and nursing.

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Full title :Social policy : an introduction.

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Publication Date:2007.
Edition:3rd ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Open University Press
Place of Publication:Maidenhead
Language:eng
Publication Date:2007.

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Previous edition: Buckingham: Open University Press, 2003.

The Physical Object

Description:1 online resource (xi, 330 pages)

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780335229529, 0335229522
oclc:ocn245042544
LC Classification:PN40
Dewey Decimal:361.610941

The subject of social policy -- Ideas and concepts in social policy -- The development of social policy in Britain -- The contested boundaries of social policy: The case of criminal justice policy -- Who gets what? Slicing the welfare cake -- Social policy, politics and social control -- Who makes policy? The example of education -- Work and welfare -- Are professionals good for you? The example of health policy and health professionals -- Utopias and ideals: Housing policy and the environment -- Community and social care -- Devolution and social policy -- Conclusion: the future of social policy.

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