Environmental Issues and Social Welfare (Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy) - Softcover

Cahill, Michael

 
9780631235521: Environmental Issues and Social Welfare (Broadening Perspectives in Social Policy)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0631235523 ISBN 13: 9780631235521
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2002

Synopsis

This topical collection examines a wide variety of themes and topics which links the environment to social policy and welfare.


  • Represents the best current work on the realignment of social policy to confront environmental issues.

  • Presents a challenging socio-environmental agenda for social policy.

  • Examines a wide range of themes and topics which link the environment and social policy and welfare.

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About the Author

Dr Tony Fitzpatrick is Lecturer in Social Policy at the University of Nottingham.


Dr Michael Cahill lectures in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at the University of Brighton.

From the Back Cover

This topical collection examines a wide variety of themes and topics which link the environment to social policy and welfare.

Following an introduction by the editors which assesses how social scientists have contributed to the greening of social policy, a series of ten articles by leading scholars in the field pursues three key themes:


  • The nature of green political and social theory

  • Policy areas where environmental considerations are paramount

  • Pathways to sustainability

These papers represent the best current scholarship on the realignment of social policy to confront environmental issues. Taken together, they present a challenging socio-environmental agenda for social policy.

From the Inside Flap

This topical collection examines a wide variety of themes and topics which link the environment to social policy and welfare.

Following an introduction by the editors which assesses how social scientists have contributed to the greening of social policy, a series of ten articles by leading scholars in the field pursues three key themes:


  • The nature of green political and social theory

  • Policy areas where environmental considerations are paramount

  • Pathways to sustainability

These papers represent the best current scholarship on the realignment of social policy to confront environmental issues. Taken together, they present a challenging socio-environmental agenda for social policy.

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Publication date
2002
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0631235523
ISBN 13 
9780631235521
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
192