With this textbook, Ian Fraser introduces the concept of need as viewed by Hegel and Marx, and places it within the context of modern need theories and theorists.
What is the relevance of the concept of risk to social policy? Has risk replaced need as the key organizing principle of welfare provision? Do current trends support the contention that policy development is risk-based? Traditionally, need has been the major mechanism for alloca…
"Traditionally, need has been the major mechanism for allocating resources in public services, and social policy texts have addressed various state responses to social problems and the alleviation of need. However, in a period of state retrenchment and welfare restriction, ratio…
It is widely recognized that incorrect requirements account for up to 60 percent of errors in software products, and yet the majority of software development organizations do not have a formal requirements process. Many organizations appear willing to spend huge amounts on fixin…
