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Synopsis
"This is something of a best seller and it is easy to understand why. It will serve the needs of both Level 1 and other students of social policy well [and] it carries off the exploration of specific theoretical issues within discrete policy areas particularly well."
Social Policy & Administration
"This is an extremely useful updated text for students of social policy and other related areas, such as social work. The book is clearly written and enables students to develop an understanding of how and why social policies are constructed. Key points are well made and highlighted examples/boxes are provided in the text. There is reference made at the end of each chapter to further reading."
Bernard Melling, University of SalfordSocial Policy builds on the strengths of the highly respected first and second editions to offer a broad introduction to current developments in social policy and welfare. Comprehensive, readable and thought-provoking, this is the standard introductory book on social policy in the UK. It provides a framework for exploring key questions such as:
- What are social policies?
- How are social policies created and implemented?
- Why do certain policies exist?
- A new chapter on criminal justice
- Revised chapters on education, community and social care, and health
- An updated and expanded glossary of key terms and annotated further reading including websites
- Annotated further reading- including websites
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Ken Blakemore is a Senior Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Wales Swansea, UK. Edwin Griggs is a part time Senior Lecturer at Birmingham University and Wolverhampton University, UK.
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- PublisherOpen University Press
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 0335218741
- ISBN 13 9780335218745
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number3
- Number of pages348
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