|  | Alcock, Pete / May, Margaret / Wright, Sharon (eds.)
The Student's Companion to Social Policy
 4. Edition February 2012
32.90 Euro
2012. 496 Pages, Softcover
ISBN 978-0-470-65565-8 - John Wiley & Sons
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| Short description
The fourth edition of The Student's Companion to Social Policy maintains the text's inimitable and best-selling approach with extensive updates and revisions which take account of recent developments and debates, and changing political and economic configurations. Written by experts in the field, this title continues to offer students the most up-to-date, comprehensive synoptic guide to, and reference on, the issues that they are likely to encounter in studying social policy in the UK and elsewhere. The new edition includes several new chapters, end of chapter study questions, and a companion website.
From the contents
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Introduction
Part I: Concepts and Approaches
Part II: Key Perspectives
Part III: Historical Context
Part IV: Contemporary Context
Part V: Welfare Production and Provision
Part VI: Welfare Governance
Part VII: Welfare Services
Part VIII: Services for Particular Groups
Part IX: International Issues
Appendix: The Social Policy Association (SPA)
Subject Index
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